ADAPTIVE CONTROL MACHINING

PRESENTED BY RACHIN.S.R 02107037

INTRODUCTION
ADAPTIVE CONTROL MACHINING(AC) ORGINATED OUT OF RESEARCH IN EARLY 1960 S SPONSERED BY THE US AIRFORCE.

AC USES MICROPROCESSER BASED CONTROLS AND IS TYPICALLY INTEGRATED WITH A EXISTING CNC SYSTEM.

IN AC MACHINING THERE IS IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRODUCTION RATE AND REDUCTION IN MACHINING COSTS.

THIS OCCURS AS A RESULT OF CALCULATING AND SETTING OF OPTIMAL PARAMETERS DURING MACHINING.

ADAPTIVE CONTROL
AC POSSESSES ATTRIBUTES OF BOTH FEEDFEEDBACK CONTROL AND OPTIMAL CONTROL

FEATURE THAT DISTINGUISHES AC CONTROL FROM OTHER TWO TYPES IS THAT AN AC SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO WORK IN A TIME VARYING ENVIORNMENT

AN AC SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO OPERATE FOR THE CHANGING ENVIORNMENT BY MONITORING ITS PERFOMANCE AND ACCORDINGLY SOME ASPECTS OF ITS CONTROL MECHANISM TO ACHIEVE OPTIMAL OR NEAR OPTIMAL PERFOMANCE

AN AC EVALUATES ITS PERFOMANCE WITHIN THE ENVIORNMENT AND MAKES NECESSARY CHANGES IN ITS CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS TO IMPROVE OR IF POSSIBLE TO OPTIMIZE ITS PERFOMANCE

FUNCTIONS OF AC
IDENTIFICATION FUNCTION

DECISION FUNCTION

MODIFICATION FUNCTION

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM

AC OF METAL WORKING PROCESS IS A LOGICAL EXTENSION OF THE NUMERICAL CONTROL AND COMPUTER CONTROL

IN NC PROCESS THE CUTTING SPEED AND FEEDS ARE PRESCRIBED BY THE PART PROGRAMMERS

IN PRACTICE THE AC SYSTEMS OF MACHINE TOOLS CAN BE CLASSIFIED INTO TWO TYPES

AC WITH OPTIMISATION(ACO).

AC WITH CONSTRAINTS(ACC).

DEFINITION
THE TERM AC DENOTES A CONTROL SYSTEM THAT MEASURES CERTAIN O/P VARIABLES AND USES THESE TO CONTROL SPEED AND/OR FEED THE TYPICAL MEASURES OF PERFOMANCE IN MACHINING HAVE BEEN METAL REMOVEL RATE AND COST PER VOLUME OF METAL REMOVEL

WHERE TO USE AC
ONE OF THE PRINCIPLE REASONS FOR USING NC IS THAT IT REDUCES THE NONPRODUCTIVE TIME IN A MACHINING OPERATION. AC DETERMIES THE PROPER SPEEDS AND FEEDS DURING MACHINING AS A FUNCTION OF VARIABLES IN SUCH FACTORS AS WORK MATERIAL HARDNESS,WIDTH OR DEPTH OF CUT,AIR GAPS IN THE PART GEOMETRY AND SO ON

THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS CAN BE USED TO IDENTIFY SITUATIONS WHERE AC CAN BE BENEFICIALLY APPLIED

1. IN-PROCESS TIME CONSUMES A SIGNIFICANT INPORTION OF THE MACHINING CYCLE TIME 2. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT SOURCES OF VARIABILITY IN JOB FOR WHICH AC CAN COMPENSATE 3. COST OF OPERATING MACHINING TOOL IS HIGH 4. THE TYPICAL JOB INVOLVES STEEL & HIGH STRENGTH ALLOYS

SOURCES OF VARIABILITY
1. VARIABLE GEOMETRY OF CUT 2. VARIABLE WORKPIECE HARDNESS &
VARIABLE MACHINABILITY 3. VARIABLE WORKPIECE RIGIDITY 4. TOOL WEAR 5. AIR GAPS DURING CUTTING

BENEFITS OF AC
INCREASED PRODUCTION RATES INCREASED TOOL LIFE GREATER PART PROTECTION LESS OPERATOR NTERVENTION EASIER PART PROGRAMMING

CONCLUSION
FOR A MACHINING OPERATION AC IS THE BEST METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE PROCESS IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO INCREASE THE METAL REMOVING RATE BY 35% TO 45% BY USING AC TECHNIQUES

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