Title :
Fuzzy control of belt conveyor in the manufacturing process
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taipei Inst. of Technol., Taiwan
Abstract :
A control strategy is implemented to control the speed of a motor-driven belt conveyor so that a suboptimal solution of maximizing manufactured products is achieved. The control strategy includes two fuzzy logic controllers. The first fuzzy logic controller control the motor speed based on stagnation condition at each working area while the second one control the motor speed based on the defective rate of manufactured products. The conveyor is intelligently driven subject to workers working ability. If it is detected that workers are able to handle current working load for certain interval, the speed of belt conveyor is suitably increased
Keywords :
conveyors; fuzzy control; intelligent control; optimal control; velocity control; defect rate; fuzzy control; intelligent control; manufacturing process; maximization; motor speed control; motor-driven belt conveyor; stagnation condition; Algorithm design and analysis; Belts; Condition monitoring; Force control; Fuzzy control; Manufactured products; Manufacturing processes; Mathematical model; Optimal control; Servomotors;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Automation and Control: Emerging Technologies, 1995., International IEEE/IAS Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2645-8
DOI :
10.1109/IACET.1995.527652
