The concurrent implementation of high velocity control performance and high energy efficiency for hydraulic injection moulding machines

Abstract

A high servo control response and a high energy efficiency, which are difficult to achieve simultaneously, are requested in hydraulic servo systems of current hydraulic injection moulding machines. This investigation develops new solutions to concurrently implement energy-saving control and velocity control for simultaneously realising high velocity control response and high energy efficiency for injection moulding machines. Two different hydraulic pump systems, including a variable displacement pump and a variable rotational speed pump, are developed and in each one of them two different energy-saving control concepts, such as load-sensing control and constant supply pressure control, are implemented. Thus, for verifying the feasibility of the integrated control systems and comparing the energy-saving effects, velocity control of the hydraulic cylinder can be integrated with four different energy-saving control systems (ESCSs) and also the conventional hydraulic system without energy-saving control. A fuzzy sliding mode control that can simplify the complex fuzzy rule bases is used for solving the complex two-input two-output systems. The experimental results show the excellent performance of the integrated concurrent control systems.