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COMPUTER PROCESS MONITORING
3. Multilevel scanning
Two or more process scanning levels.
High level scan – key variables would be monitored.
Low level scan – More complete data logging (all the process
data)
Manufacturing Process Data
Nature of the data communicated between the manufacturing process
and computers can be classified into three categories.
Three types of
manufacturing
process data
COMPUTER PROCESS INERFACING
For monitoring the process - input data entered into the computer.
2. Signal conditioning.
The continuous analog signal from the transducer may require
conditioning to render it into more suitable form.
Common signal conditioning steps include:
(1) filtering to remove random noise and
(2) conversion from one signal form to another,
for example, converting a current into a voltage.
3. Multiplexer.
Which connect several process monitoring devices to the analog to
digital converter.
4. Amplifier.
Amplifiers arc used to scale the incoming signal up or down to be
compatible with the range of the analog -to-digital converter.
5. Analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The function of the ADC is to
convert the incoming analog signal into its digital counterpart.
Input variables:
Controllable input variables
Manipulative variables- can be changed and controlled during
the process (feed and speed, flow rate, temperature).
Fixed variables
Conditions of the setup, tool geometry and work-holding device,
which can be changed between operations and not during
operation.
Structure of a manufacturing process
Output variables:
7. Feedback control
By measuring the output variable and comparing it to the input
variable, there by forming automatic feedback control system.
4. Preplanned control
Use of the computer for directing the process or equipment to carry
out a predetermined series of operation steps.
Control sequence must be developed in advance.
(i) Computer Numerical Control
It involves the use of computer to direct a machine tool through
a program of processing steps.
The process must be monitored to make sure that each step has
been carried out before proceeding to the next step.
With these two attributes of the process defined, the solution of the optimal
control problem consists of determining the values of the input variables that
optimize the objective function.
Steady state optimal control
6. Adaptive control
It possesses attributes of both feedback control and optimal control.
Identification function.
In this function, the current value of the index of performance of the system is
determined, based on measurements collected from the process.
Modification function
The third function of adaptive control is to implement the decision.
1. Centralized Control
It consists of a central control station with sensors and actuators located
out in the plant.
Signal connections are made to input data from the sensors to the
controller and to transmit commands back to the actuators.
The data and command signals may be analog or digital.
All of the controllers, switches, dials, recorders and displays are located
in the central control room, where the operator can monitor the process
and take appropriate action to maintain smooth operation of the plant.
CENTRALIZED CONTROL
2. Optionally distributed Control
Advantage
Less signal noise, better protection against damage
Satellite function as a local controller.
3. Fully distributed Control
With DDC, the computer calculates the desired values of the input
variables, and these calculated values are applied directly to the process.
The problem is to determine the appropriate set points of each control loop.
In DDC decisions about set point values are left to the operator.
The set point adjustments are made through the appropriate interface hardware
between the computer and the analog elements.
2. Direct digital control – If the feedback loops operate under direct digital control,
the supervisory control program provides the set point values to the DDC
program.
QUALITY
INTRODUCTION
Definition
Inspection vs. Testing
Benefits
CONTACT TECHNIQUES
CMM
NONCONTACT TECHNIQUES
Optical
Non optical
QUALITY
Dictionary - The degree of excellence which a thing possesses.
Japanese wages were in fact lower at that time, the reality that Japanese
products were not only cheaper, they were better quality.
Inspection and testing are meant to reduce wastage and make maximum use of
resources.
The present day concern in any manufacturing shop: To ensure that every
component and the end product produced should meet well defined quality levels.
It aim at a cost effective inspection system, and which has the potential for
providing information to implement corrective action before the process goes out
of control.
This can be carried out by both contact type and non-contact type inspection
which can collect the data not only to qualify or classify a component but also to
correct the manufacturing process that may cause undesirable deviation.
OBJECTIVES OF COMPUTER AIDED QUALITY CONTROL(CAQC)
Increase productivity
Reduce lead-time
Today, CAI and CAT can be well integrated into the overall CIM
system.
Benefits of CAQC
With CAI and CAT, inspection and testing will typically be done on a
100% basis rather by the sampling procedures normally used in
traditional QC.
Contact inspection :
It involves the use of a mechanical probe or other device that makes
contact with the object being inspected.
Mechanical structure that provides motion of the probe in three Cartesian axes
and displacement transducers to measure the coordinate values of each axis.
CMM Construction
The part is usually located on a worktable
that is connected to the structure.
PROBE in CMM
The trigger actuates when electrical contact is established between the probe
and the (metallic) part surface.
Advantages are:
(1) Convenient access to the worktable.
(2) High throughput-the rate at which parts can be
mounted and measured on the CMM.
(3) Capacity to measure large work-parts (on large
CMM,).
(4) Relatively small floor space requirements.
Its disadvantage is lower rigidity than most other
CMM constructions.
2. Moving Bridge: In the moving bridge design, the probe is mounted on a bridge
structure that is moved relative to a stationary table on which it is positioned the part
to be measured.
This provides a more rigid structure than the cantilever design and its advocates
claim that this makes the moving bridge CMM more accurate.
The moving bridge design is the most widely used in industry. It is well suited to
the size range of parts commonly encountered in production machine shops.
3. Fixed Bridge:
In this configuration, the bridge is attached to the CMM bed, and the
worktable is moved in the x direction beneath the bridge.
The arm moves vertically and in and out to achieve y-axis and z-axis motions.
To achieve x-axis motion, either the column is moved horizontally past the
worktable (called the moving ram design), or the worktable is moved past the
column (called the moving table design).
6. Column
This configuration, is similar to the construction of a
machine tool.
CMM Controls.
Any calculations on the data (e.g., calculating the centre and diameter
of a hole) must be made by the operator.
The probe is still free floating to permit the operator to bring it into
contact with the desired part surfaces.
(iii) A motor-driven CMM with computer-assisted data processing
It uses electric motors to drive the probe along the machine axes
under operator control.
During regular operation, the CMM controller plays back the program
to execute the inspection procedure.
2. Off-line programming
It is accomplished in the manner of computer-assisted NC part
programming.
The program is prepared off-line based on the part drawing and then
downloaded to the CMM controller for execution.
(2) It reduces software development costs for CMM and CAD companies
because only one translator is required to communicate with the DMIS;
Additional software
Core software consists of the minimum basic programs required for the
CMM to function, excluding part programming software, which applies
only to DCC machines.
This function is required to define the parameters of the probe (such as tip
radius, tip positions for a multi-tip probe, and elastic bending coefficients
of the probe)
Instead of physically aligning the part to the CMM axes, the measurement
axes are mathematically aligned relative to the part.
This software is used to carry out any of various statistical analyses on the data
collected by the CMM.
For example: Part dimension data can be used to assess process capability of
the associated manufacturing process or for statistical process control .
The purpose of this software is to display the data collected during the
CMM procedure in a graphical or pictorial way, thus permitting easier
visualization of form errors and other data by the user.
3. Reverse Engineering and Application-Specific Software
Reverse engineering software is designed to take an existing physical part and
construct a computer model of the part geometry based on a large number of
measurements of its surface by a CMM.
Application-specific software
It refers to programs written for certain types of parts and whose applications are
generally limited to specific industries.
Examples
1. Gear checking
These programs are used on a CMM to measure the geometric features of a gear,
such as tooth profile, tooth thickness, pitch, and helix angle.
If the first part passes inspection, then the remaining parts produced in
the batch are assumed to be identical to the first.
Limitations of CMM
1. MACHINE VISION
(3) Interpretation.
The intensity value for each pixel is converted into its equivalent digital
value by an ADC.
Dividing the image into a matrix of picture elements, where each element has a
light intensity value corresponding to that portion of the image:
If the pixel value is greater than the threshold, it is given the binary bit
value of white, say 1.
If less than the defined threshold, then it is given the bit value of black,
say 0.
For example the area of the object can be determined by counting the
number of white (or black) pixels that make up the object.
Its length can be found by measuring the distance (in terms of pixels)
between the two extreme opposite edges of the part.
Some of the features of an object include the object's area, length, width,
diameter, perimeter, center of gravity, and aspect ratio.
3. Interpretation
For any given application, the image must be interpreted based on the
extracted features.
The score of the object in the image is compared with the score of an
ideal object residing in computer memory to achieve proper
identification.
Machine Vision Applications
The reason for interpreting the image is to accomplish some practical objective
in an application.
(2) Identification
(1) Inspection
It must compare the features (dimensions} with the corresponding features of a
computer-stored model and determine the size value.
Detection of flaws in a printed label: The defect can be in the form of a poorly
located label or poorly printed text, numbering or graphics on the label.
2. Part identification applications
Vision system is used to recognize and perhaps distinguish parts or
other objects.
Laser for measurement applications are low power gas lasers such as
helium-neon, which emits light in the visible range.
The scanning laser uses a laser beam that is deflected by a rotating mirror to
produce a beam of light that can be focused to sweep past an object.
A photo-detector on the far side of the object senses the light beam except for
the time period during the sweep when it is interrupted by the object.
This time period can be measured with great accuracy and related to the size
of the object in the path of the laser beam.
The scanning laser beam device can complete its measurement in a very
short time cycle.
The device consists of a light source that emits a planar sheet of light
directed at an object. On the opposite side of the object is a linear array of
closely spaced photo diodes.
Typical numbers of diodes in the array are 256, 1024, and 2048.
The sheet of light is blocked by the
object, and this blocked light is measured
by the photo diode array to indicate the
object's dimension.
Advantages
Simplicity, accuracy, and speed.
It has no moving parts.
It can complete a measurement in a much
smaller time cycle than either machine
vision or the scanning laser beam
technique.
4. OPTICAL TRIANGULATION TECHNIQUES
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NONCONTACT NON-OPTICAL INSPECTION TECHNIQUES
In addition to noncontact optical inspection methods, there are also a
variety of non-optical techniques used for inspection tasks in
manufacturing. Examples include sensor techniques based on electrical
fields, radiation, and ultrasonic.
Some of the techniques are performed manually, whereas others are automated.
One of the automated method, involves the analysis of ultrasonic waves that
are emitted by a probe and reflected off the object to be inspected.
In the setup of the inspection procedure, an ideal test part is placed in front of
the probe to obtain a reflected sound pattern.
This sound pattern becomes the standard against which production parts are
later compared.
If the reflected pattern from a given production part matches the standard (within
an allowable statistical variation), the part is considered acceptable; otherwise,
it is rejected.