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ME4232 - Announcements

• Labs for Tuesday(09/08/09) have been cancelled to ensure uniformity in progress across all sections.

• Labs on Wednesday and Thursday will discuss about the basic lab safety procedures and introduce you to the hydraulic test bench setup. Please bring a copy of the lab safety manual & lab 1

• Fluid power mini-book has been made as a required text for the course. The book can be downloaded from http://www.me.umn.edu/~wkdurfee/projects/ccefp/fp-chapter/ or purchased for $5.

Guest Lecture Schedule:

• 4/25 Phil Leise. Parker Hannifin
• 5/1 Dennis Harvey, MTS Systems
• 5/8 Ben Hoxie, Eaton
  

• Fluid Power System Dynamics Chapter. See: http://www.me.umn.edu/~wkdurfee/projects/ccefp/fp-chapter/
  

• LORAM Corporation currently has an opening for a hydraulics engineer. See: http://loram.com/Employment/Default.aspx?id=162

• Final exam will be at 8:00am-10:00am Tuesday, May 12 2009.

• The location of the lab has been wrongly posted as ME 71 in the course schedule . We will be meeting in ME 458 instead.

• Labs for Tuesday(01/20/09) have been cancelled to ensure uniformity in progress across all sections.

• Labs on Wednesday and Thursday will discuss about the basic lab safety procedures and introduce you to the hydraulic test bench setup. Please bring a copy of the lab safety manual & lab 1

• Component Modelling Assignment has been posted. Find it Here
• Updated lecture notes available in Lecture notes
• Modelling examples are available in Useful Resources

• Solutions for the Final have been posted. Find it Here

Resources for the Project (NEW !!!)

• Datasheet - FR10-32 Flow Regulator, Orifice Adjustable (The one we use in our lab)

• A link containing the schematic of a Adjustable PCFC

• Mathworks - SimHydraulic Model of A PCFC

• Paper - Analysis of a Pressure Compensated Flow Control Valve

• Datasheet - Eaton's PCFC

Guest Lecture Schedule

• April 25 - Roz Dolid (MTS) & Craig Block (Loram)

• May 2 - Ben Hoxie (Eaton)

!! Finals !! - Tuesday May 13th (08:00am - 10:00 am)

• Sample question papers can be found in the Useful Resources Section

Lecture Schedule for the Rest of the Semester

• April 4 - PID Control - Part 2

• April 11 - Feedforward Control

• April 18 - Internal Model Control

• April 25 - Guest Lecture from Industry

• May 2 - Guest Lecture from Industry

• May 9 - Project Presentations

• Solutions for the Systems review exercise have been posted. Find it Here

• There will be no labs during the Week of 10th - 14th of March

• Systems Review Exercise is due on 14th March. (Can be found in the assignments section)

• The location of the lab has been wrongly posted as ME 71 in the course schedule . We will be meeting in ME 458 instead.

• Labs for Tuesday(01/22/08) have been cancelled to ensure uniformity in progress across all sections.

• Labs on Wednesday and Thursday will discuss about the basic lab safety procedures and introduce you to the hydraulic test bench setup. Please bring a copy of the lab safety manual & lab 1

• Eye protective goggles are a compulsory requirement. Please make sure you bring them to the lab starting from the first session itself. They are available for purchase at the University Bookstore and range anywere between $3 - $12