Design and Analysis of a Novel Tension Control Method for Winding Machine
Abstract Filament winding has emerged as the main process for carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) fabrication, and tension control plays a key role in enhancing the quality of the winding products. With the continuous improvement of product quality and efficiency, the precision of the tension con...
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| author | Xiao-Ming Xu Wu-Xiang Zhang Xi-Lun Ding Ming Zhang Shi-Hou Wei |
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| description | Abstract Filament winding has emerged as the main process for carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) fabrication, and tension control plays a key role in enhancing the quality of the winding products. With the continuous improvement of product quality and efficiency, the precision of the tension control system is constantly improving. In this paper, a novel tension control method is proposed, which can regulate the fiber tension and transport speed of the winding process by governing the outputs of three different driven rollers (the torque of the unwind roll, the torque of the magnetic powder brake roller, and the speed of the master speed roller) in three levels. The mechanical structures and dynamic models of the driven rollers and idle rollers are established by considering the time-varying features of the roller radius and inertia. Moreover, the influence of parameters and speed variation on fiber tension is investigated using the increment model. Subsequently, the control method is proposed by applying fiber tension in three levels according to the features of the three driven rollers. An adaptive fuzzy controller is designed for tuning the PID parameters online to control the speed of the master speed roller. Simulation is conducted for verifying the performance and stability of the proposed tension control method by comparing with those of the conventional PID control method. The result reveals that the proposed method outperforms the conventional method. Finally, an experimental platform is constructed, and the proposed system is applied to a winding machine. The performance and stability of the tension control system are demonstrated via a series of experiments using carbon fiber under different reference speeds and tensions. This paper proposes a novel tension control method to regulate the fiber tension and transport speed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7486838105334f51b9330f117c33d6a52022-12-21T19:17:10ZengSpringerOpenChinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering1000-93452192-82582018-12-0131111610.1186/s10033-018-0304-8Design and Analysis of a Novel Tension Control Method for Winding MachineXiao-Ming Xu0Wu-Xiang Zhang1Xi-Lun Ding2Ming Zhang3Shi-Hou Wei4School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang UniversitySchool of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang UniversitySchool of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Beihang UniversityChina Academy of Space TechnologyChina Academy of Space TechnologyAbstract Filament winding has emerged as the main process for carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) fabrication, and tension control plays a key role in enhancing the quality of the winding products. With the continuous improvement of product quality and efficiency, the precision of the tension control system is constantly improving. In this paper, a novel tension control method is proposed, which can regulate the fiber tension and transport speed of the winding process by governing the outputs of three different driven rollers (the torque of the unwind roll, the torque of the magnetic powder brake roller, and the speed of the master speed roller) in three levels. The mechanical structures and dynamic models of the driven rollers and idle rollers are established by considering the time-varying features of the roller radius and inertia. Moreover, the influence of parameters and speed variation on fiber tension is investigated using the increment model. Subsequently, the control method is proposed by applying fiber tension in three levels according to the features of the three driven rollers. An adaptive fuzzy controller is designed for tuning the PID parameters online to control the speed of the master speed roller. Simulation is conducted for verifying the performance and stability of the proposed tension control method by comparing with those of the conventional PID control method. The result reveals that the proposed method outperforms the conventional method. Finally, an experimental platform is constructed, and the proposed system is applied to a winding machine. The performance and stability of the tension control system are demonstrated via a series of experiments using carbon fiber under different reference speeds and tensions. This paper proposes a novel tension control method to regulate the fiber tension and transport speed.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s10033-018-0304-8Tension controlControl methodFuzzy logicFilament winding |
| spellingShingle | Xiao-Ming Xu Wu-Xiang Zhang Xi-Lun Ding Ming Zhang Shi-Hou Wei Design and Analysis of a Novel Tension Control Method for Winding Machine Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering Tension control Control method Fuzzy logic Filament winding |
| title | Design and Analysis of a Novel Tension Control Method for Winding Machine |
| title_full | Design and Analysis of a Novel Tension Control Method for Winding Machine |
| title_fullStr | Design and Analysis of a Novel Tension Control Method for Winding Machine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and Analysis of a Novel Tension Control Method for Winding Machine |
| title_short | Design and Analysis of a Novel Tension Control Method for Winding Machine |
| title_sort | design and analysis of a novel tension control method for winding machine |
| topic | Tension control Control method Fuzzy logic Filament winding |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s10033-018-0304-8 |
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