Two-axis Pneumatic Manipulator as a Test Bed for Teaching Energy Efficiency of Compressed Air Systems

9th International Scientific Conference Technics and Informatics in Education – TIE 2022 (2022) стр. 194-200

АУТОР(И): Jovan Šulc, Vladimir Jurošević, Vule Reljić, Ivana Milenković, Slobodan Dudić, Nikolina Dakić, Dragan Šešlija

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DOI: 10.46793/TIE22.194S

САЖЕТАК:

The two-axis pneumatic manipulator has a wide range of possible applications in terms of experimental tests. In this paper, the pneumatic manipulator was used as a test bed on which students tested two different control methods in terms of the energy efficiency of the compressed air systems. Traditional proportional control and stand-alone performance using fast switching directional control valves for Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) control were considered. The circular movement of the pneumatic manipulator carrying the tool and processing by planing lighter material such as plastic was chosen. The results showed that lower consumption is achieved with PWM control.

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teaching; energy efficiency; compressed air; programmable pneumatic manipulator; PWM control; proportional control

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