Modernization of laboratory rolling mill 150 for the formation of students 'studies of automation object research

Abstract

Studying the operation of automated control systems using computers significantly re-duces the time, but does not give a complete picture of the system on a real object. Therefore, the use of real objects for the study of control systems in the educational process is appropriate and useful. The purpose of the study is to modernize the laboratory rolling mill 150, designed for rolling lead, tin and plasticine, and equip it with sensors and actuators. The manual pressure device of the rolling stand was replaced by an automated one, for which an worm gearbox was additionally installed, which allowed to increase the total gear ratio to 94.5. The thrust screws are moved from the AC motor, which is controlled by the DOP-103BQ operator panel and the MS-300 frequency converter with built-in PLC. As a displacement sensor used photopulse sensor PDF-3. The installed equipment and the developed software for the operator panel and the PLC provided high accuracy of in-stallation of pressure screws in the set position. Additionally, software was developed to measure the power parameters of the rolling process: the rolling force and the electrical parameters of the DC motor of the drive of the rolling stand. The software allows you to configure the board, ie select the type of board, the channels used to measure voltage signals, select measurement ranges, signal color on the graph, signal polling frequency, number of points to display on the graph, parameters of graph coordinate axes. In the process of measurement, the output of signals to the monitor screen is performed simultaneously. Before rolling, the measurement process is started using the keyboard or mouse and the change of parameters is displayed on the screen in real time. At the end of the rolling process, the measurement stops, and the graphs of parameter changes over time remain on the monitor screen, which allows you to quickly analyze the process. The measurement results can be saved in an Excel file and then the file can be viewed. The file stores: the time of measurement of parameters and the values of parameters those were measured. Measurement of power parameters and sizes of rolled products before and after rolling allowed to determine the stiffness of the stand and rolled metal, which is necessary to calculate the transmission coefficients of the automated tuning system of the rolling stand.