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1 www.incdmtm.ro Trade Register: J40/1074/1997 C.I.F. RO 930 MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, COMMERCE AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR MECHATRONICS AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE 6-8 Pantelimon Road, 2 nd District, 021631, Bucharest, ROMANIA Phone +4021.252.30.68/69; Fax +4021.252.34.37; E-mail: [email protected] ; [email protected] October/ Octombrie 2012 E-newsletter << MECATRON >> News / Noutati Ford, GM Team Up on Transmissions - General Motors and Ford Motor Co. are preparing to jointly develop nine- and 10-speed vehicle transmissions to help them meet future fuel economy standards. Although neither has yet made a formal announcement, the two automotive giants have signed a memorandum of understanding that would enable them to work cooperatively on transmissions that might be ready for production as early as 2015. Sea Turtle Robot Will Swim Autonomously - We've seen a robotic tuna and robots that swim more or less like people. Now engineers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have built a robot modeled on a sea turtle. Toyota's Latest Robot Lends a Hand - Toyota has developed a new robotic personal assistant that can help the elderly or other people with limited mobility who may need an extra hand doing things around the house. Gesture Sensors Could Help Mechatronics Engineers - A recent announcement from a company that specializes in sensors used for gesture detection sparked thoughts about using this type of control in mechatronic devices. The company mentioned using gesture controls in TV sets. That type of control works for interactive games, too. Ford, GM echipa pe Transmisii - General Motors si Ford Motor Co se pregătesc să elaboreze în comun transmisii de vehicule cu 9 si 10 viteze pentru a le ajuta să îndeplinească viitoarele standarde ale economiei de combustibil. Desi nici unul nu a făcut încă un anunţ oficial, cei doi giganti auto au semnat un memorandum de înţelegere care să le permită să lucreze în cooperare pe transmisii care ar putea fi gata pentru producţia încă din 2015. Robot broasca testoasa va înota autonom - Am văzut un ton robotizat şi roboţi care inoata mai mult sau mai puţin ca oamenii. Acum, inginerii de la Institutul Federal Elvetian de Tehnologie au construit un robot modelat ca o broască ţestoasă. Robotul cel mai recent al Toyota dă o mână - Toyota a dezvoltat un nou asistent personal robotizat, care poate ajuta persoanele în vârstă sau alte persoane cu mobilitate limitată, care ar putea avea nevoie de o mână suplimentara pentru a face lucrurile în jurul casei. Senzori de miscare a mainii ar putea ajuta Inginerii Mecatronisti - Un anunţ recent de la o companie care este specializata in senzori utilizati pentru detectarea miscarii mainii a stârnit gânduri despre folosirea acestui tip de control în dispozitivele mecatronice. Compania a menţionat utilizarea controlerelor de miscare a mainii în instalatii TV. Acest tip de control funcţionează de asemenea pentru jocuri interactive. New Publications / Publicatii noi MECHATRONICS Visual servoing of robots with uncalibrated robot and camera parameters Hesheng Wang, Maokui Jiang, Weidong Chen, Yun-Hui Liu Mechatronics, Volume 22, Issue 6, pp 661-668, September 2012 Spatial shape reconstruction using orthogonal fiber Bragg grating sensor array Jincong Yi, Xiaojin Zhu, Hesheng Zhang, Linyong Shen, Xiaoping Qiao Mechatronics, Volume 22, Issue 6, pp 679-687, September 2012

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www.incdmtm.ro Trade Register: J40/1074/1997 C.I.F. RO 930

MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, COMMERCE AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND

DEVELOPMENT FOR MECHATRONICS AND

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE

6-8 Pantelimon Road, 2nd

District, 021631, Bucharest, ROMANIA Phone +4021.252.30.68/69; Fax +4021.252.34.37;

E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

October/ Octombrie 2012

E-newsletter << MECATRON >>

News / Noutati

Ford, GM Team Up on Transmissions - General

Motors and Ford Motor Co. are preparing to jointly

develop nine- and 10-speed vehicle transmissions to

help them meet future fuel economy standards.

Although neither has yet made a formal

announcement, the two automotive giants have signed

a memorandum of understanding that would enable

them to work cooperatively on transmissions that

might be ready for production as early as 2015.

Sea Turtle Robot Will Swim Autonomously - We've

seen a robotic tuna and robots that swim more or less

like people. Now engineers at the Swiss Federal

Institute of Technology have built a robot modeled on

a sea turtle.

Toyota's Latest Robot Lends a Hand - Toyota has

developed a new robotic personal assistant that can

help the elderly or other people with limited mobility

who may need an extra hand doing things around the

house.

Gesture Sensors Could Help Mechatronics

Engineers - A recent announcement from a company

that specializes in sensors used for gesture detection

sparked thoughts about using this type of control in

mechatronic devices. The company mentioned using

gesture controls in TV sets. That type of control works

for interactive games, too.

Ford, GM echipa pe Transmisii - General Motors si

Ford Motor Co se pregătesc să elaboreze în comun

transmisii de vehicule cu 9 si 10 viteze pentru a le ajuta

să îndeplinească viitoarele standarde ale economiei de

combustibil. Desi nici unul nu a făcut încă un anunţ

oficial, cei doi giganti auto au semnat un memorandum

de înţelegere care să le permită să lucreze în cooperare

pe transmisii care ar putea fi gata pentru producţia încă

din 2015.

Robot broasca testoasa va înota autonom - Am văzut

un ton robotizat şi roboţi care inoata mai mult sau mai

puţin ca oamenii. Acum, inginerii de la Institutul Federal

Elvetian de Tehnologie au construit un robot modelat ca

o broască ţestoasă.

Robotul cel mai recent al Toyota dă o mână - Toyota

a dezvoltat un nou asistent personal robotizat, care poate

ajuta persoanele în vârstă sau alte persoane cu mobilitate

limitată, care ar putea avea nevoie de o mână

suplimentara pentru a face lucrurile în jurul casei.

Senzori de miscare a mainii ar putea ajuta Inginerii

Mecatronisti - Un anunţ recent de la o companie care

este specializata in senzori utilizati pentru detectarea

miscarii mainii a stârnit gânduri despre folosirea acestui

tip de control în dispozitivele mecatronice. Compania a

menţionat utilizarea controlerelor de miscare a mainii în

instalatii TV. Acest tip de control funcţionează de

asemenea pentru jocuri interactive.

New Publications / Publicatii noi

MECHATRONICS

Visual servoing of robots with uncalibrated robot and camera parameters

Hesheng Wang, Maokui Jiang, Weidong Chen, Yun-Hui Liu

Mechatronics, Volume 22, Issue 6, pp 661-668, September 2012

Spatial shape reconstruction using orthogonal fiber Bragg grating sensor array

Jincong Yi, Xiaojin Zhu, Hesheng Zhang, Linyong Shen, Xiaoping Qiao

Mechatronics, Volume 22, Issue 6, pp 679-687, September 2012

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A second order sliding mode strategy for fault detection and fault-tolerant-control of a MEMS optical switch

Mehrdad Saif, Behrouz Ebrahimi, Mehdi Vali

Mechatronics, Volume 22, Issue 6, pp 696-705, September 2012

Disturbance rejection control method for permanent magnet synchronous motor speed-regulation system

Shihua Li, Cunjian Xia, Xuan Zhou

Mechatronics, Volume 22, Issue 6, pp 706-714, September 2012

Novel models for one-sided hysteresis of piezoelectric actuators

J.Y. Peng, X.B. Chen

Mechatronics, Volume 22, Issue 6, pp 757-765, September 2012

Velocity control of a washing machine: A mechatronic approach

Luca Bascetta, Paolo Rocco, Andrea Maria Zanchettin, Gianantonio Magnani

Mechatronics, Volume 22, Issue 6, pp 778-787, September 2012

A one-dimensional touch panel based on strain sensing

Chia-Hsing Pi, I-Fang Tsai, Kuang-Shun Ou, Kuo-Shen Chen

Mechatronics, Volume 22, Issue 6, pp 802-810, September 2012

Robust control of a planar manipulator for flexible and contactless handling

Anne Delettre, Guillaume J. Laurent, Yassine Haddab, Nadine Le Fort-Piat

Mechatronics, Volume 22, Issue 6, pp 852-861, September 2012

Encoder-free odometric system for autonomous microrobots

Serge Kernbach

Mechatronics, Volume 22, Issue 6, pp 870-880, September 2012

Optimal design of MR damper via finite element analyses of fluid dynamic and magnetic field

Zekeriya Parlak, Tahsin Engin, İsmail Çallı

Mechatronics, Volume 22, Issue 6, pp 890-903, September 2012

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IEEE/ ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Tip Motion Control and Scanning of a Reorientable Micromanipulator With Axially Located Tip

Jayanth, G. R.; Menq, C.-H.

IEEE/ ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Volume 17, Issue 5, pp 801 – 810, 2012

A Variable Impedance Knee Mechanism for Controlled Stance Flexion During Pathological Gait

Bulea, T. C.; Kobetic, R.; To, C. S.; Audu, M. L.; Schnellenberger, J. R.; Triolo, R. J.

IEEE/ ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Volume 17, Issue 5, pp 822 – 832, 2012

On a Bio-inspired Amphibious Robot Capable of Multimodal Motion

Yu, J.; Ding, R.; Yang, Q.; Tan, M.; Wang, W.; Zhang, J.

IEEE/ ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Volume 17, Issue 5, pp 847 – 856, 2012

Bistable Antagonistic Dielectric Elastomer Actuators for Binary Robotics and Mechatronics

Chouinard, P.; Plante, J.

IEEE/ ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Volume 17, Issue 5, pp 857 – 865, 2012

Adaptive Estimation-Based Leakage Detection for a Wind Turbine Hydraulic Pitching System

Wu, X.; Li, Y.; Li, F.; Yang, Z.; Teng, W.

IEEE/ ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Volume 17, Issue 5, pp 907 – 914, 2012

Motion Segmentation and Control Design for UCF-MANUS—An Intelligent Assistive Robotic Manipulator

Kim, D.-J.; Wang, Z.; Behal, A.

IEEE/ ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Volume 17, Issue 5, pp 936 – 948, 2012

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Control System Development for a Novel Wire-Driven Hyper-Redundant Chain Robot, 3D-Trunk

Ning, K.; Worgotter, F.

IEEE/ ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Volume 17, Issue 5, pp 949 – 959, 2012

Speed Control of a Hydraulic Pressure Coupling Drive Using an Adaptive Fuzzy Sliding-Mode Control

Ho, T. H.; Ahn, K.

IEEE/ ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Volume 17, Issue 5, pp 976 – 986, 2012

Contractile Hydrostatically Coupled Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

Carpi, F.; Frediani, G.; Rossi, D.

IEEE/ ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Volume 17, Issue 5, pp 987 – 994, 2012

Design and Modeling of a Patterned-Electret-Based Energy Harvester for Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems

Westby, E. R.; Halvorsen, E.

IEEE/ ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Volume 17, Issue 5, pp 995 – 1005, 2012

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International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation

Pinpointed muscle force control via optimising human motion and external force

Ming Ding; Kotaro Hirasawa; Yuichi Kurita; Hiroshi Takemura; Hiroshi Mizoguchi; Jun Takamatsu; Tsukasa

Ogasawara

International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation (IJMA), Vol. 2, No. 3, pp 147 – 156, 2012

The mechatronic design of a micro-autonomous underwater vehicle (µAUV)

Simon A. Watson; Dominic J.P. Crutchley; Peter N. Green

International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation (IJMA), Vol. 2, No. 3, pp 157 – 168, 2012

Micro audio directional system for portable multimedia devices

Xuesheng Li; Limei Xu; Leon Xu

International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation (IJMA), Vol. 2, No. 3, pp 178 – 184, 2012

Rigid model and flexible model of a novel stick-slip driving stage

Bowen Zhong; Liguo Chen; Zhenhua Wang; Lining Sun

International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation (IJMA), Vol. 2, No. 3, pp 185 – 194, 2012

Influence of wheel-terrain parameters and multi-objective optimisation of wheel slippage for wheeled robots in

rough terrain

Ozoemena Anthony Ani; He Xu; Shaogang Liu; Mahesh Kumar Isher

International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation (IJMA), Vol. 2, No. 3, pp 195 – 206, 2012

A research on the switching control laws for synchronised switch damping on inductor technique

Xu Han; Marcus Neubauer

International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation (IJMA), Vol. 2, No. 3, 207 – 216, 2012

READ MORE...

International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems

Mechanical characterisation of metal material properties in additive layer processes

Jordi Delgado; Joaquim Ciurana

International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems (IJMMS), Vol. 5, No. 3/4, 189 – 213, 2012

Effects of laser bending on the microstructural constituents

Lerato Tshabalala; Sisa Pityana; Richard Mbaya

International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems (IJMMS), Vol. 5, No. 3/4, 214 – 225, 2012

Studies on weld shape formation and Marangoni convection in Nd:YAG laser welding

T. Suthakar; K.R. Balasubramanian; K. Sankaranarayanasamy; G. Buvanashekaran

International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems (IJMMS), Vol. 5, No. 3/4, 226 – 246, 2012

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A study on laser-fibre coupling efficiency and ablation rate in femtosecond laser deep microdrilling

Xinwei Shen; Qiumei Bian; Zenghu Chang; Shuting Lei; Benxin Wu

International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems (IJMMS), Vol. 5, No. 3/4, 280 – 293, 2012

Laser micro-drilling of alumina: parametric modelling and sensitivity analysis

Arunanshu S. Kuar; Bappa Acherjee; Souren Mitra

International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems (IJMMS), Vol. 5, No. 3/4, 294 – 307, 2012

Bend angle prediction and parameter optimisation for laser bending of stainless steel using FEM and RSM

K. Venkadeshwaran; Sandip Das; Dipten Misra

International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems (IJMMS), Vol. 5, No. 3/4, 308 – 321, 2012

Applying the friction ring test on a micro and meso scale

Alexandre Milanez; Lírio Schaeffer; Alberto Moreira Guerreiro Brito

International Journal of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems (IJMMS), Vol. 5, No. 3/4, 322 – 337, 2012

READ MORE...

Romanian Review Precision Mechanics, Optics & Mechatronics

Experimental study of an electromechanical system used to control the mechanical mobility

Drd. ing. Mihaela Andreea Mîţiu, Prof. dr. ing. Nicolae Alexandrescu, Conf.dr.ing. Daniel Comeagă,

As.dr.ing.Laurenţiu Cartal

Romanian Review Precision Mechanics, Optics & Mechatronics, nr. 42, pp 7 – 15, 2012

Research regarding designing and simulation of two-finger microgrippers

Simona Istriţeanu, Gh. Ion Gheorghe, Aurel Zapciu

Romanian Review Precision Mechanics, Optics & Mechatronics, nr. 42, pp 20 – 27, 2012

Considerations on defect control of cast marks, based on pneumatic principles

Mihai Hacman, Florin Andrei, Sorin Badea, Gheorghe Ioniţă

Romanian Review Precision Mechanics, Optics & Mechatronics, nr. 42, pp 31 – 32, 2012

Constructive solutions for tightening molded parts with complex configuration for non-destructive pneumatic

defect control

Mihai Hacman, Florin Andrei, Sorin Badea, Gheorghe Ioniţă

Romanian Review Precision Mechanics, Optics & Mechatronics, nr. 42, pp 38 – 39, 2012

Study concerning the utilization of tensorezistive sensors as corection factors for pressure measurement

Valentina Daniela Bajenaru, Constantin Adrian Iordache, Alexandru Constantinescu

Romanian Review Precision Mechanics, Optics & Mechatronics, nr. 42, pp 70 – 74, 2012

The growth of the functional safety and the control of the clamping force of the grip devices

Eng. Marinela Cherciu, Eng. Mugur Spirescu, PhD. Eng. Iulian Vasile

Romanian Review Precision Mechanics, Optics & Mechatronics, nr. 42, pp 75 – 77, 2012

Mobile wheeled robot for mechatronic contest

Bogdan Grămescu, Silviu Matei, Constantin Niţu

Romanian Review Precision Mechanics, Optics & Mechatronics, nr. 42, 84 – 90, 2012

Scientific strategies for design - realization - implementation of adaptronics as part of the key technology for the

future

PhD Eng Gheorghe Ion Gheorghe, PhD Student Simona Istri?eanu, PhD Student Veronica Despa, PhD Student

Alexandru Constantinescu

Romanian Review Precision Mechanics, Optics & Mechatronics, nr. 42, 108 – 124, 2012

Equipment for pressure measurement and indication with double functionality for heating networks

Constantin Pascu, Valentina Bajenaru, Constantin Adrian Iordache

Romanian Review Precision Mechanics, Optics & Mechatronics, nr. 42, 136 – 138, 2012 READ MORE...

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International Journal of Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics (IJIMR)

Fabrication of Nanoelectrodes by Cutting Carbon Nanotubes Assembled by Di-Electrophoresis Based on Atomic

Force Microscope

Zengxu Zhao, Xiaojun Tian, Zaili Dong and Ke Xu

International Journal of Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics (IJIMR), Volume 2, Issue 3, pp 1-13, July-September

2012

Selective Pick-and-Place of Thin Film by Robotic Micromanipulation

Bruno Sauvet, Mohamed Boukhicha, Adrian Balan, Gilgueng Hwang, Dario Taverna, Abhay Shukla and Stéphane

Régnier

International Journal of Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics (IJIMR), Volume 2, Issue 3, pp 24-37, July-September

2012

Integration of Symbolic Task Planning into Operations within an Unstructured Environment

Renxi Qiu, Alexandre Noyvirt, Ze Ji, Anthony Soroka, Dayou Li, Beisheng Liu, Georg Arbeiter, Florian Weisshardt

and Shuo Xu

International Journal of Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics (IJIMR), Volume 2, Issue 3, pp 38-57, July-September

2012

An Automated Approach for Adaptive Control Systems

Mohamed Khalgui, Olfa Mosbahi, Emanuele Carpanzano and Anna Valente

International Journal of Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics (IJIMR), Volume 2, Issue 3, pp 58-71, July-September

2012

READ MORE...

Events / Evenimente importante Events that can be applied during November / Evenimente la care se poate aplica in cursul lunii noiembrie

THE 17TH

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS IN MACHINES

MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES - TEHNOMUS XVII TEHNOMUS-2013 17

th International Conference on New Technologies and Products in Machine Manufacturing

Technology is a forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of mechanical, industrial,

and manufacturing technologies. The conference will bring together researchers, scientists and engineers in the domain

of interest from several countries.

Period: May 2013

Location: University “Stefan cel Mare” of Suceava, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Management Faculty,

Romania

Conference topics:

Manufacturing Technologies

Cold forming technologies

Welding technologies

Nonconventional Technologies

High speed manufacturing processes

Manufacturing Systems

Robotics and Automation

Computer-Aided Design

Computer Aided Manufacturing

Flexible manufacturing

Maintenance, reliability, life cycle

Materials Science and Engineering

Engineering Management and Leadership

Innovation, Creativity and Industrial Development

Quality, Quality Assurance, Quality Control

Micro and Nanotechnologies

Virtual Manufacturing

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Ecological technologies in machine manufacturing

Environmental engineering and Sustainable Development

Learning and education in Engineering

Contact

PhD. Lucian SEVERIN [email protected]

PhD. Romeo IONESCU [email protected]

PhD. student Traian Lucian SEVERIN [email protected] - Conference Secretary

E-mail: [email protected]

Tel. / Fax: +40 230 216147 / 260 +40 230 523743

Weblink: http://www.tehnomus.usv.ro/

IEA/AIE-2013 — 26th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL, ENGINEERING & OTHER

APPLICATIONS OF APPLIED INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

IEA/AIE 2013 continues the tradition of emphasizing applications of applied intelligent systems to solve real-life

problems in all areas including engineering, science, industry, automation & robotics, business & finance, medicine and

biomedicine, bioinformatics, cyberspace, and human-machine interactions. IEA/AIE-2013 will include oral

presentations, invited speakers, special sessions, and a doctoral consortium.

Period: 17 June 2013

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Conference topics:

Adaptive Control

Ambient Intelligence

Application to Design

Applications to Manufacturing

Bio-informatics

Decision Support Systems

Expert Systems

Human Robot Interaction

Integration Systems for Real Life Applications

Intelligent Systems

Machine Learning

Neural Networks

Soft Computing

Spatial Reasoning

Contact:

dr. Tibor Bosse ([email protected]), Organizing chair

dr. Mark Hoogendoorn ([email protected]), Program chair

Weblink: http://iea-aie2013.few.vu.nl/index.html

Events that take place in November / Evenimente care au loc in cursul lunii noiembrie

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION OF HYDRAULICS, PNEUMATICS, SEALING

SYSTEMS, FINE MECHANICS, TOOLS, SPECIFIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES, MECHATRONICS - HERVEX

2012

Period: 7 – 9 November 2012

Location: Calimanesti – Caciulata, Romania

Weblink: http://www.hervex.eu/

13th INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN MECHATRONICS Period: 21-23 November, 2012

Location: Paris, France

Weblink: http://lismma.supmeca.fr/mecatronics-rem2012/

NODE MECHATRONICS CONFERENCE 2012

Period: 6-7 November, 2012

Location: Kristiansand, Norway

Weblink: http://www.nodeproject.no/files/NODE-Mechatronics-Conference-2012---Prog-v10s.pdf

MMaMS 2012 — MODELLING OF MECHANICAL AND MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS

Period: 6-8 November, 2012

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Location: Zemplínska Šírava, Slovakia

Weblink: http://www.kamam.sk/mmams2012/

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS 2012

Period: 12 – 14 November, 2012

Location: Czech Republic, Špičák

Weblink: http://www.kme.zcu.cz/vm2012/

ROSE — 2012 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ROBOTIC AND SENSORS ENVIRONMENTS

Period: 16 – 18 November 2012

Location: Magdeburg, Germany

Weblink: http://rose2012.ieee-ims.org/

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - MECHATRONICS: LATEST KEY TECHNOLOGIES FOR

TRANSPORTATION, PRODUCTION AND HEALTH

Period: 27 – 28 November 2012

Location: Turin – Italy

Weblink: http://www.ata.it/en/convegni/view/105/international-conference-mechatronics-latest-key-technologies-for-

transportation-production-and-health/

ICARM 2012 : INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTOMATION, ROBOTICS AND MECHATRONICS

Period: 28 – 29 November 2012

Location: Paris, France

Weblink: http://www.waset.org/conferences/2012/fr/icarm/

Success Stories / Povesti de succes

During 2010 – 2011 researchers from National Institute

of Research and Development in Mechatronics and

Measurement Technique INCDMTM realized an

INTELLIGENT MECHATRONIC UNIT FOR

TIGHTNESS CHECKING (AIR-AIR) CASE

TIMING H5 (machined). The project was unique and

it was a unit with great success, being exported to

Portugal.

Research team consists of:

MMI1-1 team: Hacman Mihai, Vrabioiu Ion, Andrei

Florin, Nineacă Dan, Ioniţă Gheorghe, Bostaca Daniela-

Gabriela, Badea Sorin, Stoica Eugen, Arabagian Isabelle,

Buga Alexandru, Radulescu Tatiana, Slav Dumitru.

Echipa MMI3-1 team: Dumitru Sergiu, Ancuta Paul

Nicolae, Manescu Horia, Constantin Anghel, Badea

Cristian Radu, Ciuculescu Olimpiu.

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: The testing unit is a

complex, mono-block construction use in checking

tightness of the pieces type Case Timing. All the moving

subassemblies are operated by pneumatic cylinders

assisted by a lot of proximities sensors. The piece is

tightening on both sides. The ATEQ-cell is provided

with 2 circuits and realizes the measurement cycle after

the fixation and tightening the case timing.

Operating mode: One of the pieces is placed in the unit on the carriage

tightening plate.

On set the measurement program.

On push the START button; the signalization lamp

must be light.

The carriage transports the piece in the testing

position.

In perioada 2010 – 2011 cercetatorii Institutului

National de Cercetare Dezvoltare pentru Mecatronica

si Tehnica Masurarii INCDMTM au realizat o

INSTALATIE MECATRONICĂ INTELIGENTĂ

PENTRU VERIFICARE ETANŞEITĂŢII LA

CARTER DISTRIBUŢIE H5 (uzinat). Proiectul a fost

unicat si a reprezentat o instalatie cu un succes

extraordinar, fiind exportata in Portugalia.

Echipa de cercetare este formata din:

Echipa MMI1-1: Hacman Mihai, Vrabioiu Ion, Andrei

Florin, Nineacă Dan, Ioniţă Gheorghe, Bostaca Daniela-

Gabriela, Badea Sorin, Stoica Eugen, Arabagian Isabelle,

Buga Alexandru, Radulescu Tatiana, Slav Dumitru.

Echipa MMI3-1: Dumitru Sergiu, Ancuta Paul Nicolae,

Manescu Horia, Constantin Anghel, Badea Cristian

Radu, Ciuculescu Olimpiu.

PREZENTARE: Instalaţia de verificare este o instalaţie

monobloc complexa destinată verificării etanşeitătii

pieselor tip carter distribuţie. Toate subansamblele în

mişcare sunt acţionate de cilindri pneumatici asistaţi la

cap cursă de senzori de proximitate. Piesa este etanşată

în două părţi. Celula de măsurare ATEQ este prevăzută

cu 2 circuite şi realizează ciclul de măsurare după ce

carterul distribuţie a fost fixat şi etanşat complet.

Ciclul de lucru- automat: Se aşează una din piese în instalaţie, pe placa de

etanşare a căruciorului;

Se setează programul de măsurare inteligentă, al piesei

de verificat;

Se apasă butonul „start”;se urmăreşte aprinderea

lămpii de semnalizare;

Căruciorul transportă piesa în poziţia de verificare;

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The pressing subassemblies press the piece on the

tightening piece.

The tapered and the clamping subassemblies

pressurized the bores of the piece.

The ATEQ-cell is putted in action and it realizes the

filling of a circuit with pressure air, the stabilization

and the measurement of the air losses. If the value is

good on initiate the filling of the other circuit.

If the values of the both circuits are good, the piece is

automatically marked.

After the marking, the action elements will be driven

in the opposite direction.

On the end of the cycle the signalization lamp is on,

the piece is removed from unit and another piece will

be verified.

The machine is protected with immaterial barriers

against the intruders over the function, in the work

space.

Subansamblele de apăsare presează piesa pe placa de

etanşare;

Subansamblele de buşonare şi bridare etanşează

alezajele piesei;

Celula ATEQ va intra automat în funcţiune realizând

umplerea unui circuit cu aer, stabilizarea şi măsurarea

pierderilor. Dacă valoarea este bună automat se va da

comandă de umplere a celuilalt circuit.

In cazul in care ambele circuite au valori ale

pierderilor mai mici decat cele impuse, piesa se va

marca;

După marcarea piesei bune se deplasează elementele

de acţionare în sens invers;

La terminarea ciclului se aprinde din nou lampa de

semnalizare pornire ciclu, piesa este scoasă din

instalaţie, urmând a se verifica următoarea piesă;

Instalaţia este protejată cu bariere de siguranţă

împotriva intervenţiilor nedorite în timpul funcţionării,

în spaţiul de lucru.

TECHNICAL FEATURES:

electrical supply: 220 V.c.a./50 Hz;

pressure supply: min. 6 bar;

work pressure: 4,5 bar;

tightness test pressure: 1 bar;

admissible air loss::

3,6 cm3 /min on Low-Pressure circuit;

12 cm3/min on High-Pressure circuit ;

work time / tour: ~ 40 sec/piece.

APPLICABILITY:

The unit verifies the tightness of the pieces type Case

Timing H5.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER:

The product was delivered and was put into service on

production line Case Timing in 2011 on C.A.C.I.A. S.A.

(Companhia Aveirense de Componentes Para A Industria

Automovel), Aveiro, Portugal.

BENEFICIARY:

C.A.C.I.A. S.A, Cacia, Aveiro, Portugalia. The plant

made a lot of different component for automotive

industry (including RENAULT).

FURTHER INFORMATION:

Mihai Hacman - e-mail: [email protected]

CARACTERISTICI TEHNICO-FUNCŢIONALE:

energie electrică: 220 V.c.a./50 Hz;

aer comprimat: min. 6 bar;

presiune de lucru: 4,5 bar;

presiune verificare etanşeităţi: 1 bar;

pierdere etanşeitate admisă:

3,6 cm3/min pe circuitul de joasă presiune;

12 cm3/min pe circuitul de înaltă presiune;

timp de ciclu: ~ 40 sec/piesă.

APLICABILITATE: Produsul foloseşte la verificarea etanşeităţii noilor piese

turnate tip Carter Diferenţial H4 / H5.

VALORIFICARE ŞI TRANSFER TEHNOLOGIC: Produsul a fost livrat si implementat în 2011 la

C.A.C.I.A. S.A. (Companhia Aveirense de Componentes

Para A Industria Automovel), Aveiro, Portugalia.

BENEFICIAR: C.A.C.I.A. S.A , Cacia, Aveiro, Portugalia. Uzina fabrică

cutii de viteze şi alte componente ale motoarelor pentru

industria auto (RENAULT)

INFORMAŢII SUPLIMENTARE: Mihai Hacman - e-mail: [email protected]

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International Visibility / Vizibilitate internationala

Currently researchers of National Institute of Research

and Development in Mechatronics and Measurement

Technique INCDMTM are working on a POSCCE A2-

O2.1.2-2009-2 project, contract 131 / 04.06.2010 –

INTELLIGENT AND INFORMATIONAL

DEVICES FOR MEASURING AND MONITORING

THE HYDRODYNAMICS OF THE SEDIMENTS

BASED ON NEW MEASURING METHODS –

SEDCONTROL. Director of this project is Prof. Boeriu

from IHE Delft.

INTRODUCTION

The importance of reservoirs, as water management

instruments, is detailed presented by Bătucă and Jordaan

in [1], their main functions being: power generation,

flood control, water supply, discharge regulations, level

regulations, fishing, navigation and recreation. From

exploitation reasons, it is necessary to have accurate

information about water depth and quality. Mathematical

aspects, experimental results and specific measurement

devices are presented by Van Rijn in [2] in 2006,

considering the following methods for accurate

measuring of bed level detection: mechanical bed level

detection in combination with DGPS (differential GPS),

acoustic bed level detectors (single and multi beam echo

sounders) and optical bed level detection. It is well

known [3] that “due to the particles of different sizes of

sand, silt and other materials transported in water, the

deposition of the incoming sediments starts from the

head of the reservoir and progressively extends towards

the downstream of the reservoir”. In [4], Boeriu et al.

show by the aid of complex simulations that this

simplified model becomes more complex due to the

lateral influx of water. Furthermore, the sediment

distribution is not uniform as expected along the border

of the reservoir. The limits of mathematical simulations

lead to necesity of direct measurement of water depth.

SEDCONTROL system performs measurements in fixed

points, being more accurate than a moving system like a

sonar placed on a ship, as it was stated more widely in

[5].

Description of the SEDCONTROL System

SEDCONTROL system (Figure 1) is composed of three

modules, as follows:

1. Underwater Module (bottom right)

2. Floating module (top right)

3. Data receiver module (top left)

The first two modules are connected by a traction cable

with the length of 18 m.

In prezent cercetatorii Institutului National de

Cercetare Dezvoltare pentru Mecatronica si Tehnica

Masurarii INCDMTM lucreaza la un proiect POSCCE

A2-O2.1.2-2009-2, contract 131 / 04.06.2010 –

APARATURĂ INTELIGENTĂ ŞI

INFORMAŢIONALĂ PENTRU MĂSURAREA ŞI

MONITORIZAREA HIDRODINAMICII

SEDIMENTELOR BAZATĂ PE NOI METODE DE

MĂSURARE – SEDCONTROL. Directorul acestui

proiect este dl prof. Boeriu de la IHE Delft.

INTRODUCERE

Importanţa lacurilor de acumulare, ca instrumente de

gestionare a apei, este detaliat prezentată de Bătucă şi

Jordaan în [1], funcţiile principale ale acestora fiind:

producerea de energie, controlul inundaţiilor,

aprovizionarea cu apă, regimul de descărcare, reglarea

nivelului, de pescuit, de navigaţie şi de recreere. Din

motive de exploatare, este necesar să se dispună de

informaţii exacte cu privire la adâncimea şi calitatea

apei. Aspectele matematice, rezultatele experimentale şi

dispozitivele specifice de măsurare sunt prezentate de

către Van Rijn, în [2], în 2006, luând în considerare

următoarele metode de măsurare precisă de detectare a

nivelului de pat: detecţie mecanică a nivelului în

combinaţie cu DGPS (GPS diferenţial), detectoare

acustice de nivel mic (single şi multi fascicol) şi

detectoare optice. Este bine cunoscut [3], care "din cauza

particulelor de diferite dimensiuni de nisip, nămol şi alte

materiale transportate în apă, depunerea sedimentelor

porneşte de la coada lacului şi se extinde progresiv spre

aval". În [4], Boeriu et al. arată cu ajutorul unor simulări

complexe că acest model simplificat devine mai complex

datorită afluxului lateral de apă. În plus, distribuţia

sedimentelor nu este uniformă cum era de asteptat de-a

lungul malurilor lacului. Limitele simulărilor matematice

duc la necesitate de măsurare directă a adâncimii apei.

Sistemul de SEDCONTROL efectuează măsurători în

puncte fixe, fiind mult mai precis decât un sistem în

mişcare cum ar fi un sonar plasat pe o navă, aşa cum a

fost arătat mai pe larg în [5].

Descrierea sistemului SEDCONTROL Sistemul SEDCONTROL (figura 1) este compus din trei

module, după cum urmează:

1. Modulul subacvatic (dreapta jos)

2. Modulul plutitor (dreapta sus)

3. Modulul recepţie date (stânga sus)

Primele două module sunt conectate printr-un cablu de

ancorare cu lungimea de 18 m.

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Figure 1: Overview SEDCONTROL system identifying those three modules / Privire de ansamblu SEDCONTROL, cu identificarea celor trei

module

The three modules are described below:

1. Underwater Module is placed at the bottom of the

lake and consists in:

- The sensorial system

- The support for the sensorial system, including the

anchor

SEDCONTROL system is designed to stay located on

the lake bottom and can be equipped with various

sensors to provide an accurate picture of the parameters

of interest. In a minimal configuration, the sensorial

system includes an ultrasonic sensor for distance

measurement and a turbidity sensor. They are fixed on a

frame made of aluminum profiles, manufactured by

Bosch, which is placed on a platform specially shaped

with anchoring function, as shown in Figure 2.

Cele trei module sunt descrise mai jos:

1 Modulul subacvatic se amplasează pe fundul lacului

de acumulare şi se compune din:

- sistemul senzorial

- cadrul suport pentru sistemul senzorial

- elementul de ancorare

Sistemul SEDCONTROL este astfel conceput încât pe

cadrul suport amplasat pe fundul lacului de acumulare se

pot amplasa diverşi senzori care să ofere o imagine cât

mai exactă a parametrilor de interes. Într-o configuraţie

minimală, sistemul senzorial conţine un senzor ultrasonic

de măsurare a distanţei şi un senzor de turbiditate.

Aceştia sunt fixaţi pe un cadru realizat din profile de

aluminiu produse de firma Bosch, care la rândul său este

amplasat pe o platformă de formă specială, care are

funcţie de ancorare, după cum se observă în fig. 2.

Figure 2: Underwater Module / Modulul subacvatic

2. Floating Module. Because radio waves attenuate

rapidly in water, underwater emission - reception

equipment work in ultrasound field or in infrasound field

for log distances. These devices are not appropriate for

SEDCONTROL system because the signal has to be

retransmitted on the ground station. For this reason the

solution that has been chosen was to build an

intermediate floating module located at the water surface

above the underwater module.

3. Data receiver module. Data receiver module includes

a radio modem located on a support made of Bosch

profiles, a cable RS232 communicating with the field

laptop. On it is installed the acquisition, processing and

2. Modulul plutitor. Deoarece undele radio se atenuează

rapid în apă, echipamentele de emisie - recepţie wireless

subacvatic se bazează pe unde din domeniul

ultrasunetelor, iar la distanţe mari din domeniul

infrasunetelor. În plus, atât emitorul, cât şi receptorul

sunt imersate în apă, ceea ce complică lucrurile privind

recepţia datelor la sol. Din acest motiv s-a ales soluţia

construirii unui modul intermediar plutitor (a unei balize)

plasat la suprafaţa apei, deasupra modulului subacvatic

3. Modulul de recepţie date. Modulul de recepţie date

cuprinde modemul radio pereche al celui amplasat pe

modulul plutitor, fixat pe un suport realizat din profile

Bosch, modem care comunică prin cablu tip RS232 cu

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data presentation software. An application allows

changing the measurements sampling rate (their

frequency).

The distance measurement subsystem consists in an

ultrasonic sensor vertically downwards oriented, placed

at the end of a horizontal arm; it is mounted at a certain

distance from the anchor to minimize disturbance in

sediment bed. The piezoelectric crystal, electrically

excited in a certain way, emits a sound wave in

ultrasonic range, which is reflected by the sediment bed

and meets after a while the piezoelectric crystal,

producing an electrical signal; knowing the wave

propagation speed in that environment, the distance

between sensor and bed sediment is then calculated wit a

resolution of about 1 cm, having thus an image of

sediments variations. It was used an ultrasonic sensor

produced by RESON / Denmark of TC2024 type -

Figure 3 [6]. In Figure 4 and 5 are shown the horizontal

directivity pattern and the receiving sensitivity.

laptopul de teren. Pe acesta se află instalate programele

de achiziţie, prelucrare şi prezentare date. Programul

aplicativ permite modificarea ratei de eşantionare a

măsurătorilor (frecvenţei acestora).

Subsistemul de măsurare a distanţei constă într-un senzor

ultrasonic orientat vertical în jos şi este montat pe un braţ

orizontal la o anumită distanţă faţă de punctul de

ancorare pentru a diminua perturbaţiile în înălţimea

patului de sedimente introduse de sistemul de măsurare;

senzorul ultrasonic se bazează pe un cristal piezoelectric

care excitat electric într-un anumit fel, emite o undă

acustică în domeniul ultrasonic; această undă este

reflectată de patul de sedimente şi întâlneşte după un

anumit timp cristalul piezoelectric, producând un semnal

electric; cunoscând viteza de propagare a undei în mediul

respectiv se determină distanţa dintre elementul

ultrasonic fix şi patul de sedimente cu o rezoluţie de cca.

1 cm, rezultând evoluţia acestuia în timp; Senzorul

ultrasonic de distanţă este produs de firma RESON din

Danemarca şi este de tipul TC2024 - fig. 3 şi are

directivitatea frontului de undă ca în fig. 4. În fig. 5 este

prezentată sensibilitatea la recepţie.

Figure 3: Distance Ultrasonic

sensor / Senzorul ultrasonic de

distanţă TC2024

Figure 4: TC2024 Horizontal

Directivity Pattern / Directivitatea

frontului de undă

Figure 5: Receiving Sensitivity /

Sensibilitatea la recepţie

It has the following technical features:

- Resonant Frequency: 200 kHz ± 10 kHz

- Beam width: ±9.5°

- Operating depth: 30 m

The turbidity measurement subsystem contains in fact

three sensors: turbidity, temperature and pressure; it is

intended primarily for measurement of water turbidity in

rivers and lakes; further has a sensor to measure water

temperature and one for measuring hydrostatic pressure.

It also contains the power and signal conditioning,

analog digital converter and a data storage device and is

accompanied by processing, presenting and

interpretation software of the data.

Are următoarele caracteristici tehnice:

- Frecvenţa de rezonanţă: 200 kHz ± 10 kHz

- Unghi fascicol US: ±9.5°

- Adâncimea de lucru în apă: 30 m

Subsistemul de măsurare a turbidităţii conţine trei

senzori: de turbiditate, temperatură şi presiune; este

destinat în principal măsurării turbidităţii apei în râuri şi

lacuri de acumulare; suplimentar este dotat cu un senzor

de măsurare a temperaturii în apă şi cu unul pentru

măsurarea presiunii hidrostatice. În carcasa comună se

află şi partea de alimentare şi de condiţionare semnal,

conversie analog digitală şi un dispozitiv de memorare a

datelor; este însoţit de un software de prelucrare,

interpretatre şi prezentare a datelor.

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Figure 6: Turbidity sensor / Sensor de turbiditate

The main technical characteristics are [7]:

- Measurement range: 0,01 ... 2000 FTU

- Light Source Wavelength: 880 nm

- Communication: RS232 and USB 1.1Max depth: 1000

m or 2 x pressure range

- Temperature sensor: thermistor, 0 - 28°C

- Pressure sensor: piezo resistive, 10 bar

The ultrasonic measurement SEDCONTROL deposition

of sediment in reservoirs has the following advantages:

- allows for direct measurements in a fixed point of

measurement, not affected by the inevitable positioning

errors mobile systems;

- allows for real time information on changes in sediment

layer.

The prototype is under development.

Caracteristicile tehnice principale sunt următoarele: [7]:

- Interval turbiditate: 0,01 ... 2000 FTU

- Lungimea de undă a sursei de lumină: 880 nm

- Conectivitate: RS232 and USB 1.1

- Senzor de temperature: termistor, 0 - 28°C

- Sensor presiune: piezoresistiv, 10 bar

Sistemul SEDCONTROL de măsurare cu ultrasunete a

depunerilor de sedimente în lacurile de acumulare

prezintă următoarele avantaje:

- permite obţinerea de măsurători directe într-un punct

fix de măsurare, nefiind afectat de erorile de poziţionare

inevitabile ale sistemelor mobile;

- permite obţinerea de informaţii în timp real privind

modificările stratului de sediment;

Prototipul este în curs de realizare.

References / Bibliografie

[1] D. Bătucă, J. Jordaan, "Silting and Desilting of Reservoirs", chapter 1, 2. A. A. Balkena, Rotterdam, The

Netherlands 2000

[2] L. C. Van Rijn, "Manual Sediment Transport Measurements", chapter 10. Aqua Publications, The Netherlands

2006

[3] A. Moldovanu, P. Boeriu, M. Mărgăritescu, "Assessment of the Sedimentation Process in Reservoirs using Real

Time Acoustic Measurements in Fixed Points". Proceedings of COMEFIM'10 – 2011

[4] P. Boeriu, D. Roelvink, C. A. Mulatu, A. A. Andargie, C. N. Thilakasiri, C. Drăghescu, M. Mărgăritescu, "The

mathematical modelling of the sedimentation process in large reservoirs - constraints and achievements", The

International Journal on Hydropower & Dams HYDRO 2010 - Lisbon, Portugal 2010

[5] M. Mărgăritescu, A. Moldovanu, P. Boeriu, A.M.E. Rolea, "Ultrasonic Measuring System for Deposition of

Sediments in Reservoirs". Proceedings of MECAHITECH 2011 Bucharest

[6] RESON Data Sheet: Ultrasonic sensor TC2024

[7] AQUATEC Data Sheet: AQUAlogger 210TYPT Turbidity Logger

[8] RESON Data Sheet: NAVISOUND 110