New Partnership with DarbyTech
We’re excited to announce our new partnership with DarbyTech Training Equipment, a leader in the design and manufacture of technical training systems and research pilot plants. DarbyTech’s equipment is specifically developed to support and enhance the education of students, apprentices, undergraduates, and graduate trainees across a wide range of engineering disciplines—including chemical, process, electrical, instrumentation, control, and mechanical engineering.
DarbyTech’s product range includes:
- Trainers
- Demonstrators
- Pilot Plants
- Engineering Cutaways
- IoT & Robotics Systems
These tools serve as essential “stepping stones” toward professional competence. Designed to provide a practical, hands-on learning environment, they enable learners to build confidence and gain real-world insights into the operation of equipment, plant systems, instrumentation, and control—mirroring the technologies used across industry today.
Trainers
DarbyTech trainers are designed to demonstrate industry-typical chemical processes as well as the associated process control methodologies. Each trainer is fully instrumented and automated using industry-typical Distributed Control (DCS) or Programmable Logic (PLC) control systems. The trainer systems use REAL chemical and physical processes on a training-appropriate scale to train students in both process operations and control.
Below are a few examples of available trainers.
Binary Distillation Trainer
300-BDT
Distillation and fractionation operations are found throughout the petroleum, petrochemical and numerous other industries. The separation of liquid mixtures and recovery of the components typically involves the distillation process. Steady-state operating conditions can be achieved within 20 minutes. Students will be able to operate and perform experiments on a distillation system to separate a mixture of methanol and water into nearly pure methanol and water products, learning the fundamental principles of distillation operation.
Learning/teaching material provided, including instructor notes, student exercises, theory and maintenance/service manuals.
Bioethanol Process Trainer
900-BIOET
The Bioethanol Process Trainer is a pilot-scale plant that demonstrates batch fermentation and continuous distillation of a suitable feedstock into fuel-grade ethanol (in this case, white sugar). The produced ethanol is denatured by a process that renders it unsuitable for human consumption as per any local regulations regarding Completely Denatured Alcohol. This trainer is available as a basic model for chemical conversion using a refined sugar feedstock solution and ethanol separation by an integrated binary distillation system.
Options / Custom Design
- Large screen process interface/display
- loT – additional wireless sensors for remote monitoring and notifications
- PLC or DCS control
- Optional number of secondary fermentation vessels
3 Phase Separator Trainer
100:3PST
The 3 Phase Separator is a large process trainer designed for education and research application associated with the separation of oil, water and gas from a simulated crude oil stream.
The primary separation operation for crude oil occurs when the crude stream flows through a vessel of sufficient capacity to allow gravitational separation of the gas, liquid hydrocarbon and water phases. The process trainer blends air, water and refined oil to emulate a crude oil stream. This fluid mixture then flows into a horizontal separator vessel, fabricated from clear PVC, allowing trainees to observe the separation process.
Custom design: The process skid is mounted on a steel structure/skid and can be manufactured in 3 parts for ease of transport.
EduTechnics offers a high level of customer support and service – from helping our customers select the right products to assisting with commissioning various equipment and systems. The right advice and excellent service make EduTechnics the preferred supplier of hardware for engineering education teaching equipment.
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Our friendly and knowledgeable service and support team is based in Sydney, Australia. They are on hand and happy to help with your sales and support queries.
We’ve carefully selected the highest quality equipment and systems from around the globe to bring world-class technology to Australian and New Zealand educational facilities.
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