Implementation of an Integrated Manufacturing and Controls Laboratory

9451342拉赫纳迈这个项目启动了一个综合制造和控制实验室。该实验室将对制造和控制课程产生重大影响，并提供一种发展跨学科高级实验室练习的手段。综合实验室的目标是：(1)提供一个可以进行与集成制造和控制相关的跨学科实验的实验室环境；(2)为每个工程项目(电气、工业、机械和生物)提供机会进行与制造和控制相关的独立实验；(3)为学生提供必要的跨学科工程实践经验；以及(4)为塑料产品的设计、开发、测试和制造提供设施。该实验室的中心是一个由3/4英寸台式挤出机、水槽和皮带牵引器组成的挤压系统。该系统还包括两个额外的挤出机螺杆和模具，以生产棒材和带材。挤出机过程将使用快速的DSP板进行控制：(1)驾驶舱软件，允许在线交互和修改在DSP板上运行的控制算法参数；(2)跟踪软件，用于传感器信号和控制变量的数据采集和显示；以及(3)C代码生成器，用于自动执行使用Simulink生成的控制模块。

9451342 Rahnamai This project initiates an integrated manufacturing and controls laboratory. The laboratory will have a major impact on manufacturing and control courses, and provide a means for developing an interdisciplinary senior laboratory exercise. The objectives of the integrated laboratory are: (1) to provide a laboratory environment where interdisciplinary experiments relating to integrated manufacturing and control can be performed, (2) to provide an opportunity for each of the engineering programs (electrical, industrial, mechanical, and bio) to conduct independent experiments relating to manufacturing and control, (3) to provide for the students necessary experience in the interdisciplinary nature of engineering practice, and (4) to provide a facility for the design, development, testing, and manufacture of plastic products. The laboratory is centered around an extrusion system consisting of a 3/4 inch, bench top extruder, a water trough, and a belt puller. The system also includes two additional extruder screws and dies to produce rods and strips. The extruder process will be controlled using a fast DSP board with: (1) Cockpit software which allows on-line interaction and modification of control algorithm parameters running on the DSP board, (2) trace software which is used for data acquisition and display of sensor signals and control variables; and (3) a C code generator which is required for automatic implementation of the control module generated using SIMULINK.