Bradley University Senior Design Team 4

The Problem:

Winzeler gear needs a way to test their plastic gears on a dynamometer at varying temperatures.

Our Solution:

Our team will design a custom environmental test chamber around the current dynamometer.

Design Requirements:

· Must be able to integrate with the current Dynamometer

· Needs to hold and environment of -50-> 200 C^O

· The temperature needs to be held at ±1C^O

· Must be custom and aesthetic

· Must be controlled using LabView

· Needs to be wheeled and connect to the Dynamometer

Deliverables:

Winzeler Gear has requested the following items be delivered upon completion of this project:

v Environmental Test Chamber with all sensors required to operate

v LabView program used to control the chamber

v Instruction Manual

Our team is currently brainstorming ideas on how best to fulfill the needs of Winzeler Gear.  At this stage in design, we are thinking of different methods of heat addition and rejection as well as how to interface with the Dynamometer.  The key areas in this project are the interface with the Dynamometer, the method of cooling, and the method of controlling the temperature.  In the following weeks, our team will begin to narrow ideas down into a few ideas and become familiar with LabView and the factors that will impact our project.