Need for Retrofit or Upgrade

• Hydraulics and mechanical parts in good condition, electronics and controls dysfunctional, unsupported or obsolete
• Requirement of test automation
• Old or inoperative transducers and/or grips and fixtures
• Ageing electromechanical drives as in static test systems
• Operators comfortable with old system and would prefer retrofit to replacement

Retrofit over Replacement

• Retrofit cost typically less than 30% of replacement cost
• Quality of test result is primarily affected by quality of measurement. By merely replacing control system, the quality of test can be vastly improved. BISS controllers offer the highest degree of precision available in digital measurement – 24 bits
• Test automation with appropriate software permits reproducible test results in accordance with prevailing test standards
• Internet-of-Things (IOT) - enabled solution permits extension of Tech Support and Lab Resource Management capability to ageing systems

BISS Solution to Life Extension with Improved Functionality

• Entire control console is replaced with a state-of-the-art digital control system and required application software
• Delicate aging dual-stage servo-valve is replaced with state-of-the-art, contamination insensitive direct drive servo-valve
• First retrofit performed 25 years ago on a 20 - year old 500 kN MTS system continues to serve IISc. Picture shows high speed MTS test system retrofitted for Delphi Automotive Systems (USA) in 2003

BISS Retrofits work for electromechanical (EM) systems too

• Ageing Instron EM test system at IIT-Kanpur retrofitted with state-of-the-art BISS controls as well as drive continues to serve the Materials Research Laboratory