Actuators and Drives Laboratory

The Actuators and Drives Lab is designed to provide students with hands-on experience in the field of electric drives and motion control. It is equipped with advanced trainer kits, including the Four Quadrant Chopper Trainer, Brushless DC Motor Trainer, Three-Phase AC Voltage Controller, Single-Phase Fully Controlled Bridge Converter Drive Trainer, Speed Control of DC Motor using MOSFET/IGBT Chopper Trainer, Single-Phase Bridge Cycloconverter, Three-Phase AC Voltage Source Inverter Trainer, and Stepper Motor Drive Trainer. These trainers enable students to explore various motor control techniques, power electronics applications, and drive system operations. Through practical experimentation, students gain in-depth knowledge of speed control, torque characteristics, regenerative braking, and power conversion principles, which are essential for industrial automation, robotics, and modern drive technologies.

Objectives:

• To provide hands-on experience in motor control and power electronics using various trainer kits.
• To understand the working principles and characteristics of different types of electrical drives.
• To analyze the speed control techniques for DC and AC motors using choppers, inverters, and cycloconverters.
•  To study the operation of Four Quadrant Chopper and its application in bidirectional motor control.
• To explore the control and performance of Brushless DC (BLDC) motors in industrial applications.

To develop an understanding of stepper motor control techniques for precision motion applications in robotics and automation