A comprehensive data-acquisition system was designed, built and commissioned for an R&D lab at a manufacturing facility. This system enabled on-site engineers to better analyze and develop their products (industrial and commercial gas fired boilers) during different stages of the design (including certification).
This system included 50 channels that were designed to receive a variety of signals (digital, analog, frequency, etc.) associated with a variety of instruments: gas meters, watt transducers, pressure transducers, air velocity transducers, RTDs, flow meters and many more. Some of these transducers can be seen in action in below image:
A HMI that had components unique to each channel was designed such that engineers can view, interact with and record live data being captured by the data logging station.
A custom-made trolley track was built and installed on the ceiling which allowed for moving some of the transducer wiring from one test station to another.
A custom-made electrical panel was designed (in inventor) and built to accommodate the data logging equipment, power sources and all other electrical wiring.
Working with the manufacturer's IT department, remote operation of the datalogging station was commissioned. Also three monitors were placed across the lab such that engineers at different test stations can easily view real-time data.
