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Volume 11, Issue 4,  2016

 

 

 

·....... Vidosav D. MAJSTOROVIĆ, Srdjan P. ŽIVKOVIĆ,

......... Airfoil geometric inspection optimization for contact measuring probes

 

·....... Georgi TODOROV, Konstantin KAMBEROV, Mario semkov, Nikolay NIKOLOV,

......... Concept and design of kinetic energy recuperation system

 

·....... Dragos AROTĂRIȚEI, Cristian ROTARIU, Alexandru PĂSĂRICĂ,

......... Complexity measure for RR intervals, descriptor for arrythmia classification

 

·....... Raul TURMANIDZE, Erekle TSIKARISHVILI, Giorgi POPKHADZE,

New designs of rotors with variable geometry parameters in dynamics and their effective use in aviation and wind energy

 

·....... Aurelian ZAPCIU, George CONSTANTIN

Additive manufacturing integration of thermoplastic conductive materials in intelligent robotic end effector systems

 

·....... Adrian Florin NICOLESCU, Andrei Mario IVAN, Cezara Georgia COMAN,

......... Analysis of machining forces in light-force robotic milling of aluminium parts

 

·....... Andrei GHEORGHIȚĂ, Dragoș AROTĂRIȚEI, Marius TURNEA, George CONSTANTIN,

......... Modeling and simulation of high speed spindle, current problems and optimizations ‒ a survey

 

·....... Claudiu BÎŞU, George CONSTANTIN, Dorel ANANIA, Miron ZAPCIU

......... Dynamic behavior study used in retrofitting of a lathe for re-profiling railway wheelset

 

 

 

pp. 175-182          View full text

 

 

Airfoil geometric inspection optimization for contact measuring probes

Vidosav D. MAJSTOROVIĆ1, Srdjan P. ŽIVKOVIĆ2,*

 

1) Prof. Dr., Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Laboratory for Production Metrology and TQM, Belgrade, Serbia

2) Dr., Head of Section, Military Technical Institute, Coordinate Metrology Lab, Belgrade, Serbia

 

 

Abstract: This paper presents optimization of airfoil measurements on coordinate measuring machines with contact type probes. The considered optimization aims to minimize the necessary time for airfoil coordinate inspection. Minimizing the time for finishing of metrological task is obtained by minimizing the number of airfoil control points necessary for coordinate inspections. This mode directly minimized the costs of the measuring operation but also indirect costs of machining operation. Milling machines are waiting for the next machining operations during of airfoils measurement at CMM. The minimum number of points for airfoil coordinate inspections obtained from the condition that all deviation of applied interpolation curve to wing surface are within the defined tolerance. Selected criteria are accuracy of CMM for measurements length (airfoil chord) increased by the value of the CMM measurement uncertainty. Developed and presented method was successfully applied on several international projects.

 

Key words: coordinate measuring machines, wind tunnel models, wing, airfoil, accuracy.

 

 

 

pp. 183-188         View full text

 

 

Concept and design of kinetic energy recuperation system

 

Georgi todorov1, Konstantin kamberov2, Mario Semkov3, *, Nikolay Nikolov4

 

1) Prof., PhD, Eng., Dean, Faculty of Industrial Technologies, Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria

2) Assoc. Prof., PhD, Eng., Researcher, Laboratory “CAD/CAM/CAE in Industry”, Faculty of Industrial Technologies, Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria

3) Eng., Researcher, Laboratory “CAD/CAM/CAE in Industry”, Faculty of Industrial Technologies, Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria

4) Assoc. Prof., PhD, Eng., Researcher, Laboratory “CAD/CAM/CAE in Industry”, Faculty of Industrial Technologies, Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

 

Abstract: Power sensitive devices such as computers, data centers and several manufacturing systems relay on UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply). Typically these auxiliary power systems use a battery to be able to maintain the devices running for a short period of time until the main or a second power source is resumed. This study is focused on defining and developing a conceptual model of a UPS device that uses a rotational mass (flywheel) instead of a battery to store backup energy. The developing of this design contains a series of steps that allow inertial characteristics of the flywheel to be calculated for a specific power requirements. Development approach is demonstrated with an example for reserve energy generator maintaining 18.5 kW for 25 seconds. The primary advantage of this design is the ability to obtain a cost-effective solution at early stage of the product development process. This is achieved by several computational models prepared to evaluate structural rigidity and efficiency of the system. Virtual prototyping application combines overall product performance optimization, time and expenses reduction and detailed diagnosis of ongoing physical phenomena.

 

Key words: UPS, KERS, engineering analysis, virtual prototyping, flywheel.

 

 

 

pp. 189-194          View full text

 

 

Complexity measure for RR intervals, descriptor for arrythmia classification

Dragoș AROTĂRIȚEI1,*, Cristian ROTARIU2, Alexandru PĂSĂRICĂ3

 

1) PhD, Prof., Department of Biomedical Sciences, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania

2) Ass. Prof., Department of Biomedical Sciences, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania

3) PhD, Department of Telecommunications, Technical University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania 

 

 

Abstract: The complexity measure is associated with a certain level of randomness for a given discrete sequence of symbols. This assertion was applied to a RR sequence of intervals extracted from preprocessed ECG in order to classify different types of arrhythmias. Three complexity measures were used: sample entropy (the most known), Lempel-Ziv (single level and multilevel) and a less known one, T-Code. The expert system is made by a binary tree classifier that discriminate the class to what arrhythmia belongs. A comparison with other method in term of performance is made also.

 

Key words: complexity measure, randomness, RR sequence, ECG, binary decision tree.

 

 

 

pp. 195-199         View full text

 

 

New designs of rotors with variable geometry parameters in dynamics and their effective use in aviation and wind energy

 

Raul TURMANIDZE1*, Erekle TSIKARISHVILI2, Giorgi POPKHADZE3

 

1) Prof., PhD, Head of Department of Production Technologies of Mechanical Engineering, Georgian Technical University (GTU) Tbilisi, Georgia

 2) Master, Georgian Technical University (GTU) Tbilisi, Georgia

3)  Undergraduate Student, Georgian Technical University (GTU) Tbilisi, Georgia

 

 

Abstract: This article presents the investigation results upon the dynamics of the working model of rotors with variable geometry parameters. Through aerodynamic and economic calculations, the effectiveness of use of such designs for powerful wind stations is proved. It is presented the analysis of various designs and methods of selection designs for various conditions of operation of wind installations in wide range of the wind speed change. Also quite effective method regarding the costs of the accumulation of wind energy will be suggested, that being the topical world problem for which development hundreds of millions of US Dollars are spent annually.

 

Key words: blade, setting angle, blades twist, wind energy.

 

 

 

pp. 201-206         View full text

 

 

Additive manufacturing integration of thermoplastic conductive materials in intelligent robotic end effector systems

 

Aurelian ZAPCIU1,*, George CONSTANTIN2

 

1) PhD Student, Machines and Manufacturing Systems Department, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest

2) Prof., PhD, Eng., University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania

 

Abstract: With multiple improvements in the field of control systems, sensors and image processing systems, the applicability of robots is expanding to new areas previously served by human labor such as harvesting fruit and vegetables. For these new areas, new and improved end-effector systems are also needed, as the objects which require handling have diverse dimensional properties, complex surfaces, varying degrees of softness. These new application areas demand intelligent features such as touch sensing, gripping force sensing and accurate position sensing. In the past few years, additive manufacturing has shifted from rapid prototyping to printing functional parts. Latest polymer material advances for fused filament fabrication enable printing parts with various properties, including electric current conductivity. In this paper, the authors are looking at the novel possibility of integrating these new conductive materials into simple, yet intelligent end-effector systems. Several principles have been investigated and analyzed for their usefulness. The authors have fabricated parts with fused filament fabrication which integrate force-sensitive electromechanical switches, capacitive sensing or bend sensors for determining finger position in adaptive grippers. The parts, 3D printed from commercially available filaments, have been subjected to various tests which demonstrate promising results and potential applicability in real-life applications.

 

Key words: adaptive grippers, additive manufacturing, integrated sensing, capacitive touch.

 

 

 

pp. 207-214         View full text

 

 

Analysis of machining forces in light-force robotic milling of aluminium parts

Adrian Florin NICOLESCU1,*, Andrei Mario IVAN2, Cezara Georgia COMAN3

 

1) PhD, Prof., Machines and Manufacturing Systems Department, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania

2) PhD, Lecturer, Machines and Manufacturing Systems Department, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania

3) PhD, Lecturer, Machines and Manufacturing Systems Department, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania

 

 

Abstract: This article presents the work performed by the authors in the field of light-force robotic milling of aluminium parts. The research is focused on applications in which an articulated arm, low payload robot manipulates the milling-type deburring tool around an aluminium workpiece, which is clamped on a Kistler 9257B dynamometer which measured the machining forces. The main objective of the research was to develop an analysis of machining forces in low-power robotic milling applications through experimental data acquisition. The experimental equipment consisted of an articulated arm, 6 DOF Kawasaki FS10E industrial robot with 10 kg payload and a Kistler 9257B dynamometer capable of measuring the machining forces on three orthogonal directions corresponding to X, Y and Z axes of the part coordinate system. The robot was equipped with an ATI RC-340 radially compliant deburring tool. The experimental procedure was conducted by performing a chamfering operation on the lateral edges of an aluminium part. The robot program was developed using the point-to-point block teaching method on the teach-pendant. The program was then run several times, with gradually increased depth of cut and various feed rates. The results after each program run were observed by visual inspection and through data collected by the Kistler dynamometer. Based on these observations, the conclusions were drawn regarding the milling efficiency in each situation and the influence of machining forces on robot behaviour.

 

Key words: robotic milling, machining forces, edge chamfering, dynamometer, force measurement.

 

 

 

 

pp. 215-222         View full text

 

 

Modeling and simulation of high speed spindle, current problems and optimizations ‒ a survey  

Andrei GHEORGHIȚĂ1, Dragoș AROTĂRIȚEI2,*, Marius TURNEA3, George CONSTANTIN4

 

1) PhD Student, S.C. Pro Life Clinics S.R.L., Iasi, Romania

2) PhD, Prof., Dept. Medical Bioengineering, Univ. of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa”, Iasi, Romania

3) Ass. Prof., Dept. Medical Bioengineering, Univ. of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa”, Iasi, Romania

4) PhD, Prof., Machine and Production Systems Department, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

 

 

Abstract: Rotating machineries play an important role in industry and medicine. The main purpose of this study is to review in a systematic mode the main papers published in the area of high speed shafts, the main problematics and modeling and simulation. The studies about dynamics of spindle bearing assemblies are concentrated on two parts: one part refers to bearings and another one to shaft. Some paper deals with optimization of good functionality of assemblies that means deformations, temperature and vibration are in normal limits due to different design aspect as location of bearings or shaft design.

 

Key words: Spindle-bearing system, finite element method, stiffness matrix, dynamic models.

 

 

 

pp. 223-228         View full text

 

 

Dynamic behavior study used in retrofitting of a lathe for re-profiling railway wheelset

Claudiu BÎŞU1,*, George CONSTANTIN2, Dorel ANANIA3, Miron ZAPCIU4

 

1, 2) Assoc. Prof., PhD, Eng., Machines and Manufacturing Systems Department, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Romania

2, 4) Prof., PhD, Eng., Machines and Manufacturing Systems Department, University “Politehnica” of Bucharest, Romania

 

 

Abstract: The article is presenting some aspects regarding the research stages achieved for the general purpose of retrofitting a machine tool of lathe type used for profiling/re-profiling of railway wheelset. The process of machine tool modernization is basically one of changing the conventional feed drives with drives corresponding to CNC equipment, reusing the machine tool structure. Therefore, for this purpose the machine tool dynamic characterization was necessary to be done especially on Y and Z axes in order to assess the machine rigidity, high and low frequency domains and amplitude vibrations in idle operation and also during cutting. A specific testing set up was used for the measurements, the results showing good behaviour of the conventional machine which was later subject of feed drive replacement.

 

Key words: retrofitting, railway wheelset, machining, dynamic behaviour, vibrations.

 

 

 

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