Abstract
Energy efficiency and sustainability are very popular topics in the current field of manufacturing. With the increase in use of automation technology as well as the recent growth in the area of energy management, there is much focus on the overall improvement of manufacturing processes. For this research a project was completed to create a system that could improve both process efficiency as well as decrease energy consumption. By taking a look at the machine level energy consumption of an automated piece of manufacturing equipment, by eliminating waste in process, both energy efficiency and operational efficiency can be improved.
Using electrical specifications from a Hurco Hawk 5M 3-axis CNC machine, an electrical cabinet was built to take the signals off the machine and output them to a LabVIEW DAQ Module. A program created in LabVIEW was designed to analyze power waveform signals and determine the state of operation of a machine. Then, total power consumption and cost of energy at the different states was calculated and displayed in a fashion that would be usable by an operator or a manager to make informed decisions on how to improve the process.
Keywords
Energy Monitoring, Automation
Date of this Version
4-19-2012
Department
Mechanical Engineering Technology
Month of Graduation
May
Degree
Master of Technology
Advisor 1 or Chair of Committee
Brad Harriger
Advisor 2
Henry Kraebber
Advisor 3
Donal McHale
Included in
Controls and Control Theory Commons, Energy Systems Commons, Manufacturing Commons, Power and Energy Commons