| Title: |
Flow Sensing Valve with Standalone Flow Shutoff Capability |
| Category: |
Industry |
| Intellectual Property: |
Student team assigns intellectual property control to company |
| Year: |
2009 |
| Semester: |
Fall |
| Sponsor Name: |
Rain Bird Corporation |
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| Sponsor URL: |
http://www.RainBird.com |
| Sponsor Information: |
Rain Bird is the world's leading supplier of irrigation equipment including valves, sprinklers, drip equipment, etc. |
| ITAR Restriction: |
No |
| Scope of work: |
Rain Bird would like you to develop a method, using a current valve in our inventory as a platform, a system for reliably, and inexpensively, measuring the flow through a valve. Further, given that flow, and referencing a memorized max flow for the application, design and prototype a way to close the valve in the event the sensed flow exceeds the recorded max by at least 20% for more than 1 continuous minute. A more complete specification will be attached later. |
| Project summary: |
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| Disciplines: |
Engineering Management (1)
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (1)
Mechanical Engineering (2)
Electrical Engineering (1) |
| Skills: |
Scheduling and project management
Programming (for flow sensing and shutoff)
Circuit design, prototyping, and testing
CAD design
3D printing
System integration
System interface control |
| Additional resources: |
Valves for prototyping, test facilities, consultants from various disciplines |
| Key Contact Name: |
Kevin M. Irwin |
| Key Contact Email: |
kirwin@rainbird.com |
| Key Contact Phone: |
520-741-6594 |
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