Title : 
The Realization of New Automatic Vacuum Casting System
         
        
            Author : 
Huang, Jie ; Hu, Qing Xi ; Liu, Yuan Yuan ; Zhang, Hai Guang ; Chi, Zhao Fu ; Liu, Da Li
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Rapid Manuf. Eng. Center, Shanghai Univ., Shanghai, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The development of vacuum casting equipment and vacuum casting technology at home and abroad are summarized; key techniques and technical difficulties that affect the quality of the product and efficiency in the casting process are analyzed in this paper. Based on this, this paper puts forward a new design of new automatic vacuum casting system and gives a detail analysis of the modules in the system, including human-machine interface, PLC control system, sensing detection device and part of the actuator. Each module is given an introduction and a related design method. The realization of the automatic vacuum casting system, can real-time detect and effectively eliminate bubbles in the mixed materials, can provide the corresponding optimal craft parameters according to the mould and modeling materials. In a word, the efficiency and quality of the products can be improved and the dependency of experience parameters can be reduced.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Actuators; Automatic control; Casting; Control systems; Design methodology; Man machine systems; Programmable control; Real time systems; Vacuum systems; Vacuum technology; Bubbles detection; Closed-loop control; Human-computer interface; Vacuum casting;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Machine Vision and Human-Machine Interface (MVHI), 2010 International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Kaifeng, China
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-6595-8
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-6596-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MVHI.2010.34