Engineering Teaching Lab Apparatus

Equilibrium of Parallel Forces: two acrlic models shaped and engraved to simulate a 'Warren' and an 'N' truss are used for the application of vertical loads…

Deflections of Beam: test beams in steel; beam length 1200mm; cross section 25mm wide x 3mm and 5mm thick; dial Gauge 0…12.7mm travel, 0.01mm resolution.

Buckling of Strut: to have spring steel specimen struts of differing length; strut dimensions: 25 x 1.6mm x 350/400/450/500mm length.

Funicular Polygon and Forces Apparatus: effective teaching; self-contained, bench mounted; direct measurement of forces; adjustable lines of action of forces.

Archimedes Principle Trainer: test objects in beachwood are sphere, cone, cylinder and cube; metal Test objects in aluminium, brass and steel.

Bending Moment Apparatus: demonstration of the action of moment of resistance in a beam; measurement of bending moment at a section of a loaded beam; verify…

To establish the position of the centre of gravity of different shapes by experiment, and compare with theoretical calculations.

Fletcher Trolley: length of aluminium extruded plane 1400mm; width of extruded plane 120mm; corrosion resistant running components.

Acceleration Apparatus: demonstrates that a force causes a mass to accelerate and hence verifies the relationship of acceleration and force.

Basic Roof Truss: evaluation of co-planar forces in the struts and tie of a basic roof truss; effect of changing tie bar length.

Conservation of Angular Momentum: bench top apparatus for clearly demonstrating the basic concepts of conservation of angular momentum.

Experiment bench top apparatus for demonstrating the fundamentals of simple planar systems of forces.

Combined Shear Force and Bending Moment Apparatus: to be part of a range of experiments designed to both demonstrate and experimentally confirm basic…

Versatile unit allowing the study of Conservation of Linear momentum.

Dry, Rough and Lubricated Friction Apparatus: wall or Frame Mounted apparatus; to show the coefficient of different materials upon various disc surfaces.

Clutch Plate Friction Apparatus: self-contained, wall mounted; to enable determination of coefficient of friction and minimum torque to maintain rotation.

Pivot Friction Apparatus: demonstrates the relationship between friction torque and axial thrust; determines the influence of bearing cone angle.

Journal Friction Apparatus: determines the friction torque under variable load, speed and lubrication; the ground steel shaft driven by a speed controlled…

Wall mounted apparatus; comparative friction of 4 bearing materials; variety of bearing materials for testing; load hanger applies torque to flywheel.

Friction of Belt Apparatus: observes the relationship between the tensions in the two sides of a belt; assesses the differences between vee, rope and flat…

An aluminium brake drum is secured to one end of a sturdy bench top mounted base.

The Fuel Cell Technology Trainer allows the student to create a grid-independent power supply that uses only hydrogen as its fuel.

The Mobile Solar Array with Solar Tracking System is an optical sensing system used to sense and track the suns position throughout the day.

The Bio Diesel Demonstrator is ideal for the small producer using the same protocol and with the same quality construction as the larger units.