An Experimental Study on the Driving System of Vibratory Feeding

Abstract

This paper describes the development of vibratory transmission system, and concentrates on its driving technology. Vibratory feeder is used to transfer parts from one place to another by vibration which plays an important role in assembly automation. Decoupled vibratory feeder (DVF) is a novel feeder which can be excited in two mutual perpendicular directions. In decoupled vibratory feeder system (DVFS), vibration angle, frequency and waveform of driving signals can be easily adjusted in software way, as well as the phase angle between vertical vibration and horizontal vibration, so DVFS has a great superiority. Up to now, two DVFS prototypes have been successfully developed, but the driving technology cannot meet the demands of parts’ smooth moving. The electromagnet, the core of the drive system, should be optimized in its external dimensions and drive performance. And we fabricate a series of electromagnets. To test electromagnet performance, a test system has been designed. Presently, two researches on the electromagnet driving circuit have been made in our laboratory. One method is to receive analog signal from D/A output, then drive electromagnet through power amplifier. The other method actually is to use a switching circuit controlled by PWM technology. In this paper, we used the latter method in the test system and control system. The author makes experience about influencing factors of the electromagnetic force and gets some data. Also, the controller has greatly improved the performance of vibratory feeder. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/telkomnika.v11i10.3415