PIC based Power Loom Automation for Weaving in Textile Industries

Abstract

The process to decrease the man power is called automation. It provides a simulation test in a microcontroller based system and embedded in weaving machine to monitor and control the design operation. Conventional mechanical methods are replaced by Power Loom Automation which is a forward step in industrial automation and mechatronics applications. In this article, a novel method to automate shuttled power looms is proposed. Power loom is a mechanized loom, mainly for the purpose of weaving in textile industries. It considerably reduces human labor and wastage. Hence it helps to ensure high quality cloth production, monitoring and measurement. It provides automatic warp and weft error detection and automatic weft replenishment. This module uses Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC) microcontroller PIC16F877A to provide necessary automation of the shuttled power looms, with immediate termination of its motor operation in case of any weft or warp errors. Also the amount of woven cloth is ultimately displayed in Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). PIC microcontrollers are broadly utilized for industrial reason because of low power utilization, superior capacity and simple of accessibility of its supporting equipment and programming devices like compilers, debuggers and simulators. PIC microcontrollers are the universe smallest microcontrollers that can be customized to do an enormous scope of errands. PIC microcontrollers are predictable and defective of PIC rate is less. The presentation of the PIC microcontroller is quick a direct result of utilizing RISC design. When contrasting with other microcontrollers, power utilization is less and writing computer programs is additionally extremely simple. Interfacing of a simple gadget is simple with no additional hardware. They are solid and breaking down of PIC rate is less. Furthermore, execution of the PIC is exceptionally quick on account of utilizing RISC design. Power consumption is likewise extremely less when contrasted with other small scale controllers. At the point when we find in the software engineer perspective interfacing is simple, likewise we can associate simple gadgets legitimately with out any additional hardware and use them. Writing computer programs is likewise exceptionally simple when contrasted with different microcontrollers.