Department of Systems and Control

Niedermair&Sackl GmbH,
Deutschlandsberg, Austria
PlasmaIt GmbH, Lebring, Austria

2003

Design and implementation of a control system for a wire-treatment machine based on a new technology of magnetically focused plasma.

Complete electrode power management, including the control and monitoring of all the electrical parameters of the electrodes. Control of additional units (pre-heating, cooling, preparation and maintenance of the atmosphere inside the electrodes, gas-pressure control, etc.).

New algorithms for power control meeting various demands (robustness at high wire speed, accuracy at low speed, fast control response during wire acceleration/deceleration to prevent wire from underheating/overheating, taking into account the variation of the process conditions within the electrodes).

Mastering difficult processes related to the plasma and the entirely automated control of the machine.

gregor.dolanc@ijs.si