ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PLOUGH MACHINE OPERATION | ||
| The International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering | ||
| Article 96, Volume 15, 15th International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering., May 2012, Pages 1-10 PDF (578.96 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/amme.2012.37254 | ||
| Authors | ||
| M. Rafat1; H. A. Abdelkader2; M. E. Abo-Elnor2; M. H. said3 | ||
| 1Egyptian Armed Forces. Corresponding author. | ||
| 2Egyptian Armed Forces. | ||
| 3Professor, College of Engineering, Helwan University, EL-Mataria, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT An electro-hydraulic control system is designed to control the demining depth of a mine plough machine equipped with plough blade of “V” type. A Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT) is used to account for blade position and an ultrasonic distance sensor is used to provide precise, non-contact, level distance measurements through dusty environment. The proposed control system is implemented to the operating hydraulic system of a scaled model of a plough mechanism. The operating hydraulic actuators used to control the plough mechanism are controlled through a microcontroller and system relays to maintain plough blade depth constant. Results show that significant match between operating surface topology and clearing depth is validated by the proposed control system. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Plough mechanism; depth control; mechanical demining; and earth moving equipment control system | ||
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