Download Abstract: The casting industry sometimes uses a pouring process in

Abstract:
The casting industry sometimes uses a pouring process in which molten metal is poured
from a ladle into a mold by tilting the ladle. Since the process involves molten metal, the
process creates a dangerous environment for workers. Therefore, an automatic pouring
robot has recently been exploited to improve the working environment. This talk will present
the advanced control system for the automatic pouring robot. First, the modeling of the
automatic pouring robot is introduced. Then, the filling weight control system and the falling
position control to the outflow liquid are shown in the talk. In the filling weight control, the
state of the pouring process are estimated by using extended Kalman filter and the
predictive switching control is designed for precisely pouring. Finally, the sloshing
suppression control to the liquid container transfer is introduced. It is designed by the
reference governor approach. The control system can be applied to the liquid container
transfer system with constraints of input and state.
Kurzbiographie:
Yoshiyuki Noda is the Assistant Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering at
Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan. His primary research interest is the vibration
damping control for transfer system and the control of automatic pouring robot. He finished
a doctorate at Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Toyohashi University
of Technology, in 2006. He completed a Master's degree in Production Systems Engineering
at Toyohashi University of Technology in 2004, focusing on control and system design.