Hybrid sliding mode position control for a piston air motor ball screw table

Chia-Hua Lu; Yean-Ren Hwang

doi:10.1016/j.isatra.2011.11.006

Hybrid sliding mode position control for a piston air motor ball screw table

ISA Trans. 2012 May;51(3):373-85. doi: 10.1016/j.isatra.2011.11.006. Epub 2012 Jan 14.

Authors

Chia-Hua Lu¹, Yean-Ren Hwang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Central University, Chung-Li, 320, Taiwan. 973403003@cc.ncu.edu.tw

PMID: 22244678
DOI: 10.1016/j.isatra.2011.11.006

Abstract

Air motors have been generally applied in the automation industry. Since air motors operate without electricity, they will not produce sparks, explosions or short circuit phenomenon. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the behavior of a ball screw table actuated by a piston air motor and design a hybrid (backstepping and fuzzy) sliding mode controller for accomplishing accurate position performance. The experimental results validate the proposed position control strategy.