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MATEC Web of Conferences
Volume 26, 2015
2015 3rd Asia Conference on Mechanical and Materials Engineering (ACMME 2015)
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| Article Number | 02004 | |
| Number of page(s) | 3 | |
| Section | Material processing and preparation technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20152602004 | |
| Published online | 12 October 2015 | |
Gemstone Grinding Process Improvement by using Impedance Force Control
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, 254 Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
a cnoinha@gmail.com
b anansutapun@gmail.com
c viboon.s@eng.chula.ac.th
Chula Automatic Faceting Machine has been developed by The Advance Manufacturing Research Lab, Chulalongkorn University to support Thailand Gems-Industry. The machine has high precision motion control by using position and force control. A contact stiffness model is used to estimate grinding force. Although polished gems from the Faceting Machine have uniform size and acceptable shape, the force of the grinding and polishing process cannot be maintain constant and has some fluctuation due to indirect force control. Therefor this research work propose a new controller for this process based on an impedance direct force control to improve the gemstone grinding performance during polishing process. The grinding force can be measured through motor current. The results show that the polished gems by using impedance direct force control can maintain uniform size as well as good shape and high quality surface.
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