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Facilities

• Software

  • ANSYS

    • Maxwell 2D/3D, Simplorer, RMxprt, PExprt

    • ANSYS – mechanical FEA suite

    • ANSYS – Icepak CFD

    • ANSYS – thermal FEA suite

  • Infolytica MagNet FEA, MagSoft Flux 2D FEA

  • MatLab/Simulink with common toolboxes including SimPowerSystems

    • Real-Time Workshop (Texas Instruments DSPs)

• Workstations

  • Xeon (12-core), 16GB, E5520, workstation

    • 3-D FEA and multiphysics problems

  • Xeon (8-core), 16GB, E5520, workstation

    • 3-D FEA and multiphysics problems

  • Xeon (4-core), 4GB, E5520, two workstations

    • 2-D FEA and multiphysics problems

• Test equipment

  • S. Himmelstein & CO 2904T, Torque Transducer, 225 Nm, 10,000 r/min

  • Magtrol Model HD-800-8, Dynamometer /Torque Transducer, 12.00 Nm

  • Wayne Kerr 4300, LCR Meter, 20 Hz -1 MHz, 0.1% basic accuracy

  • Fluke 41B, Power Harmonics Analyzer, Voltage/Current/Power/THD/PF

  • Tektronix TDS 2024B 4-Channel Oscilloscope, 200 MHz, 2 GS/Sec

  • Tektronix TPS 2024B, 4-Channel Oscilloscope, 200MHz, 2 GS/sec

  • High Voltage Differential Probes (Tek P5200) and HP-1146A Current probes

  • National Instruments SCXI DAQ

• Drive systems

  • Yaskawa V1000 ac drive, with constant V/f and sensorless vector control

  • Allen-Bradley (AB) PowerFlex 700 ac drive, with constant V/f and sensorless vector control

  • Programmable 15-kW IGBT voltage source inverter, 230/460V, 20A

  • Allen-Bradley (AB) Bulletin 1395, dc drive

  • Mitsubishi PWM-Voltage Source Inverter, including constant V/f controller

  • Allen-Bradley (AB) Bulletin 1336 PWM-Voltage Source inverter, including

constant V/f controller

• Texas Instruments C2000 DSP controllers

  • Texas Instrument ezDSP Development Bundles, TMS320F2812, TMS320F28335

  • MATLAB Simulink Target Support Package C2000

• Electric machines

  • Reconfigurable 3-phase, 230V, 3.5-hp, 6-pole, Interior Permanent Magnet A. O. Smith Synchronous Motor with three parallel winding paths per phase, and external access to the stator winding coils.

  • Reconfigurable 3-phase, 230/460-V, 5-hp, 60-Hz, 6-pole, Squirrel-Cage Induction Motor (Reliance Electric, rewound by Badger Corporation)

  • Tapped-winding, 3-phase, 230/460-V, 5-hp, 60-Hz, 6-pole, Squirrel-Cage Induction Motor (Reliance Electric)

  • 3-phase, 230/460-V, 5-hp, 60-Hz, 6-pole, Squirrel-Cage Induction Motor (Reliance Electric)

  • 3-phase, 230/460-V, 5-hp, 60-Hz, 4-pole, Squirrel-Cage Induction Motor (Reliance Electric)

  • 3-phase, 230/460-V, 2-hp, 60-Hz, 2-pole, Squirrel-Cage Induction Motor (A. O. Smith)

  • Tapped-winding, 3-phase, 230/460-V, 2-hp, 60-Hz, 2-pole, Squirrel-Cage Induction Motor, with four identical spare rotors (A. O. Smith).

  • Several 1.5-hp and fractional-hp, 3-phase, 230/460-V, 60-Hz, Squirrel-Cage Induction Motors plus several spare rotors (A.O. Smith and Reliance Electric)