The Control of Flexible Automated Production of the Scraper Conveyers

Abstract

The analysis of possible energy saving in in the technological process of production of elements of scraper conveyors containing flexible automated production is given. It consists of complex subordinate aggregate installations consisting of conveyor lines, robot manipulators and tripods. The studied technological processes and control systems for electric drives of actuators are multi-connected, distributed in space, stochastic and multidimensional in the number of control and monitoring coordinates. It is proposed a methodology of reducing energy consumption of actuators by means of physical-virtual modeling and parameterization based on estimates of energy costs, by means of planning factor experiments, steep ascending in the anti-gradient direction of integral quadratic estimates of the control system, which are proportional to the costs of electricity in transient modes of actuators. The methodology, in comparison with the well-known optimization methods, is invariant to the type of products developed in flexible automated production, to the laws of distribution of the semi-finished products flows entering the production line, and is focused on predicting the boundaries of the saved energy and the life of the electromechanical equipment and improving reliability of electric drive control systems operation as a part of industrial complexes. The uniqueness of the method consists in applicability of the developed algorithm of evaluating energy savings and optimizing technological processes according to the criterion of energy consumption in real time in the condi- tions of the probabilistic situation of input parameters, regardless of the selected method of setting the optimal parameters of production line facilities.