Abstract
In the area of production engineering, there are ongoing efforts to improve manufacturing strategies and processes in terms of stability, quality and efficiency. One possibility for ensuring stable process conditions and reducing rejected parts is closed loop control of quality determining parameters. For many applications, the machining forces often represent the limiting factor for the design of the processes and the choice of parameters. As a controlled value, they are predestined for ensuring process stability and safety. For the tasks and problems of forming technology, control of process forces is not yet mature and offers significant potential for improvement. The drafting of sophisticated control concepts, which enable a mutual use or a combination of force and position control, is the focus of future developments. The design and implementation of a force control for a forming demonstrator with coupled servo drives is described in this publication. The combination of force and position control is realized by direct switching. In addition, further combination options and structures are explained. The focus here is first on the parameterization of the force control and the assessment of the control performance using appropriate comparison criteria in the time domain.
Highlights
In modern production systems, there is a trend to replace mechanical motion solutions with electrical ones
Position control is essential for compliance with defined position specifications in many applications
The approach presented in this paper aims to develop a hybrid control concept for forming operations that is suitable to control process forces and the position simultaneously
Summary
There is a trend to replace mechanical motion solutions with electrical ones. There are many strategies for controlling machine-specific quantities, such as the position or speed of electromechanical axes. The use of controlled electromechanical drive systems can meet the increasing demands on the machines in terms of dynamic behavior, as well as higher productivity and accuracy. In the area of production engineering, there are ongoing efforts to improve manufacturing strategies and processes in terms of stability, quality and efficiency. Process control in terms of manufacturing technology corresponds to influence process variables for controlling the process [3, 4, 5]. This requires the integration of sensors for the detection of the current process status
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