Session 12 (23 July 2010)

Objectives:

The learner will be able to understand basics of flow measurement principles.

Understand:

1. Review of types of flow meters
   
2. Inferential type flow meters types
   
3. Variable head type operation and design specifications
4. Variable area type flow meter
   

Session 11 (22 July 2010)

Objectives:

The learner will be able to understand basics of flow measurement principles.

Understand:

1. Review of fundamentals
2. basic equations used for flow measurements
3. Different category of flow meters
4. Inferential type flowmeters
   

Tools

• Students explaining the principle of operation with their practical knowledge
• Analogy to explain the principle behind Inferential type flow meters

Session 10

Objectives:

The learner will be able to understand basics of flow measurement.

Understand:

1. what is velocity
2. different types of flow
3. usage of Reynolds No
4. Bernoulli principle
5. Viscosity and its importance
   
6. application of Bernoulli principle

Tools

Quiz program with three teams R1000, R3000 & R5000

Session 9

Objectives:

The learner will be able to understand different applications roughness measurements.

Understand:

* What is roughness?
* Typical roughness parameters
* Stylus, Optical & Microscopic techniques

Learners work:

Identify the industrial applications and typical specifications

Session 8 (16 July 2010)

Objectives:

The learner will be able to visually understand different applications of torque, force, straightness, roundness, roughness measurements.

Understand:

• Installation of strain gauges for torque measurement
  
• Laser Interferometry principles
• Dimensions measuring instruments and their calibration
  

Learners work:

Identify the industrial applications and typical specifications

Reference:

www.youtube.com

Session 7 (15 July 2010)

Objectives:

The learner will be able to identify the importance of Dimension measurements.

Understand:

• Importance of straightness measurement
• Different techniques available for Roundness & Roughness measurement
• Typical specifications
  

Learners work:

Identify the industrial applications and typical specifications

References:

• http://www.manmonthly.com.au/news/measuring-roundness-accurately
• http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~jraja/ProjectResources/Roundness_I.pdf
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_roughness
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waviness
• http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/selvaduray/page/papers/mate210/surface.pdf
• http://www.ptb.de/en/org/5/51/517/rptb_web/doc/en/principle_of_roughness.pdf

Session 6 (14 July 2010)

Objectives:

The learner will be able to identify the importance of Dimension measurements.

Understand:

• Different parameters of Dimension measurements

1. Straightness
2. Flatness
3. Roundness
4. Roughness
   

• Importance of straightness measurement
• Different techniques available for straightness measurement
• Typical specifications
  

References:

1. http://www.damalini.com/Straightness-477.aspx
2. http://www.lapmaster.com/accessories/flatness-instruments/default.html
3. http://www.optodyne.it/CD/Italiano/Applicazioni/Ap1118%20Straightness%20and%20Squareness.pdf
4. http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C951114/papers/047.PDF

Session 5

Objectives:

The learner will be able to identify the importance of speed measurement.

Understand:

• Speed measurement principles
  
• Different types of tachometers
• Stroboscopic techniques
• applications of stroboscopic methods and speed measurement

Work for learners:

• Identify speed measurement principles
• different speed measurement sensors used in industries
• different applications
  

Session 4

Objectives:

The learner will be able to identify the importance of torque measurement.

Understand:

• What is torque?
• Different torque measurement principles
  
• Pros and cons
• Special features