RESEARCH PAPERS

DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF PLC PANEL OF

AUTOMATIC WEAVING MACHINE

By
PRIYADHARSHINI * S. EIRSATH ** ARJUN BABU *** R. ELANGO ****
*-**** Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.

Date Received: 24/09/2021 Date Revised: 15/10/2021 Date Accepted: 16/11/2021

ABSTRACT
The goal of this study is to develop and manufacture a system that boosts loom productivity and efficiency in a variety of

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ways while keeping costs low. The Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) is a solid-state device that performs logical
decision-making for industrial control and automation applications. As a result, the proposed system will be both
economical and efficient. The paper's main goal is to convert a simple power loom into an auto loom by exploiting the
benefits of a Programmable Logic Controller. It serves as the system's beating heart. Weaving is the process of creating
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fabric by interlacing warp and weft threads, and the tool used to do so is called a weaving machine. The suggested
technology is based on a "simple power loom" that is primarily mechanically controlled. There are enormous number of
plain power loom owners in India, who are tiny enterprises that are unable to afford automatic looms due to their high
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cost.
Keywords: Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Automation, Weaving Machine, Power Loom, Fabrication, Control.

INTRODUCTION PCs, which are increasingly being used in automation

Any process control automation system now relies heavily systems, come with at least one RS232 (serial) interface as
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on communication. PLC connectivity is being used for
data collection as well as plant control. Communication's
goal is to acquire or send huge or small amounts of data.
Industry has developed certain interfacing standards over
time to enable communication between systems from
different manufacturers easier. These standards typically
describe the communications medium, transmission
voltages, communication speed, and other parameters
(baud rate). RS232 has been the first such true standard.
The Electronic Industries Association (EIA) published this
(Warnock, 1988).
The main benefit is cost, as RS232 interfaces are fairly
simple and hence inexpensive, as well as the fact that most
a standard (Gokhale et al., 2017). PLCs (Programmable
Logic Controllers) are solid-state devices that control
processes or machines utilising integrated circuits. They
have the ability to hold instructions such as sequencing,
timing, arithmetic, data processing, and communication.
Because output results must be provided in response to
input conditions within a specified time, a PLC is an
example of a hard real time system. Otherwise,
unexpected operation will occur. PLC reads the status of
external input devices, such as keypads, sensors, switches,
and pulses, and executes sequential, timed, counting, and
arithmetic operations using microprocessor logic in
accordance with the status of the input signals and the pre-
written programme stored in the PLC (Hari & Behera, 1994).
For the purpose of machine automation or processing
procedure, the generated output signals are transferred to
output devices such as a relay switch, electromagnetic
valve, motor drive, machine control, or procedure

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January - June 2021