An air cylinder (smaller of the two) drives a water
cylinder to fill a calibrated test cell. The digital control unit
measures the cylinder travel with a 16 bit A/D and returns the
difference between the cell empty and the cell containing the volume to
measure. A Windows GUI controls, via the control unit, the
cylinder fill and empty functions and displays the test results.
Test time is less than 3 minutes and in the final version will be fully
automatic with an accuracy better than +/- 0.5cc for a 100cc volume with
a final target of +/- 0.1cc. |