A proposal of semi-active operation assist control equipment for manual conveyance of flexible Part

When the human operator manually conveys a flexible part, vibration may occur in the flexible part. If the vibration occurs, the conveyance efficiency is reduced. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a semi-active operation assist handle, which is referred to an assist-handle, for manual conve...

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Main Authors: Noritaka SATO, Kensuke YAMAGUCHI, Yoshifumi MORITA, Hiroyuki UKAI, Susumu HARA
Format: Article
Language:Japanese
Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2015-01-01
Series:Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/81/822/81_14-00418/_pdf/-char/en
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author Noritaka SATO
Kensuke YAMAGUCHI
Yoshifumi MORITA
Hiroyuki UKAI
Susumu HARA
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Kensuke YAMAGUCHI
Yoshifumi MORITA
Hiroyuki UKAI
Susumu HARA
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description When the human operator manually conveys a flexible part, vibration may occur in the flexible part. If the vibration occurs, the conveyance efficiency is reduced. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a semi-active operation assist handle, which is referred to an assist-handle, for manual conveyance of a flexible part. The assist-handle can be easily attached to a general hand cart. A human operates the hand cart through the assist-handle. The assist-handle consists of a handle, a variable damper, a mechanical spring and its controller. In order to suppress the vibration of the flexible part, the operating force is shaped by changing the viscous damping coefficient of the variable damper. The viscous damping coefficient of the variable damper is changed by the proposed controller. The controlled model is represented as a bilinear system, in which the inputs are the human force applied to the hand cart and the viscous damping coefficient of the variable damper, and the output is the relative position between the handle and the hand cart. The semi-active operation assist control is designed by using the bilinear optimal control theory. The effectiveness of the proposed assist handle is verified by simulations. From the comparative studies, the vibration suppression effect is seen in the proposed method. Moreover, the vibration suppression mechanism is considered. The proposed controller changes the viscous damping coefficient of the variable damper, by which the hand cart decelerates like step-shape. Then the anti-phase vibration generates in the flexible part and suppresses the vibration.
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spelling doaj.art-8b903612792c4ab487831028a3e398f62022-12-22T03:39:13ZjpnThe Japan Society of Mechanical EngineersNihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu2187-97612015-01-018182214-0041814-0041810.1299/transjsme.14-00418transjsmeA proposal of semi-active operation assist control equipment for manual conveyance of flexible PartNoritaka SATO0Kensuke YAMAGUCHI1Yoshifumi MORITA2Hiroyuki UKAI3Susumu HARA4Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Scientific and Engineering Simulation, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Scientific and Engineering Simulation, Nagoya Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Nagoya UniversityWhen the human operator manually conveys a flexible part, vibration may occur in the flexible part. If the vibration occurs, the conveyance efficiency is reduced. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a semi-active operation assist handle, which is referred to an assist-handle, for manual conveyance of a flexible part. The assist-handle can be easily attached to a general hand cart. A human operates the hand cart through the assist-handle. The assist-handle consists of a handle, a variable damper, a mechanical spring and its controller. In order to suppress the vibration of the flexible part, the operating force is shaped by changing the viscous damping coefficient of the variable damper. The viscous damping coefficient of the variable damper is changed by the proposed controller. The controlled model is represented as a bilinear system, in which the inputs are the human force applied to the hand cart and the viscous damping coefficient of the variable damper, and the output is the relative position between the handle and the hand cart. The semi-active operation assist control is designed by using the bilinear optimal control theory. The effectiveness of the proposed assist handle is verified by simulations. From the comparative studies, the vibration suppression effect is seen in the proposed method. Moreover, the vibration suppression mechanism is considered. The proposed controller changes the viscous damping coefficient of the variable damper, by which the hand cart decelerates like step-shape. Then the anti-phase vibration generates in the flexible part and suppresses the vibration.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/81/822/81_14-00418/_pdf/-char/enoptimal controldampervibration control devicenonlinear controlflexible structure
spellingShingle Noritaka SATO
Kensuke YAMAGUCHI
Yoshifumi MORITA
Hiroyuki UKAI
Susumu HARA
A proposal of semi-active operation assist control equipment for manual conveyance of flexible Part
Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu
optimal control
damper
vibration control device
nonlinear control
flexible structure
title A proposal of semi-active operation assist control equipment for manual conveyance of flexible Part
title_full A proposal of semi-active operation assist control equipment for manual conveyance of flexible Part
title_fullStr A proposal of semi-active operation assist control equipment for manual conveyance of flexible Part
title_full_unstemmed A proposal of semi-active operation assist control equipment for manual conveyance of flexible Part
title_short A proposal of semi-active operation assist control equipment for manual conveyance of flexible Part
title_sort proposal of semi active operation assist control equipment for manual conveyance of flexible part
topic optimal control
damper
vibration control device
nonlinear control
flexible structure
url https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/81/822/81_14-00418/_pdf/-char/en
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