Advanced In-cycle and Cycle-to Cycle On-line Adaptive Control for Thermoforming of Large Thermoplastic Sheets 2005-01-1520
This paper presents a control system for the thermoforming of large sheets. The system has three main purposes: Its primary purpose is for cycle-to-cycle control of the sheet temperature map as predicted by the thermoforming simulation. Its secondary purpose is to tune the simulation to the actual process through on-line characterization of some of the material and machine characteristics so that the simulation's predictions are reconciled with the machine sensors outputs. Lastly it can characterize on-line a number of independent and fast acting sub-models that allow for in-cycle control of some process parameters.
Citation: Girard, P., di Raddo, R., Thomson, V., and Boulet, B., "Advanced In-cycle and Cycle-to Cycle On-line Adaptive Control for Thermoforming of Large Thermoplastic Sheets," SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-1520, 2005, https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-1520. Download Citation
Author(s):
Patrick Girard, Robert di Raddo, Vince Thomson, Benoit Boulet
Affiliated:
Industrial Materials Institute, National Research Council of Canada, McGill University
Pages: 10
Event:
SAE 2005 World Congress & Exhibition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Advances in Plastic Components, Processes and Technologies 2005-SP-1960
Related Topics:
Control systems
Adaptive control
Production control
Simulation and modeling
Thermoplastics
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