Concrete Batch Process Quality Control Using Controller Self Parameter Tuning

Hatem A. Elaydi^1, and Said I. Abu Al-Roos²

¹Electrical Engineering, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza, Palestine

²Engineering Department, Palestine Technical College, Deir Elbalah, Palestine

Cite this paper:
Hatem A. Elaydi and Said I. Abu Al-Roos. Concrete Batch Process Quality Control Using Controller Self Parameter Tuning. Journal of Automation and Control. 2017; 5(1):7-15. doi: 10.12691/automation-5-1-2

Abstract

Controlling the quality of the concrete product during the manufacturing phase depends mainly on reducing the weighting errors. Integrating computer in industrial manufacturing control ensures continuous monitoring and tracking and provides the necessary data for: the production process progress, the ingredients ratio used in each production batch and statistical data of the changes that may occur in the composition of the products. This paper presents an advanced and practical control system for the automated filling of aggregate in concrete batching process. The aggregate mixture which account for 60 to 75 percent of the total volume of concrete must be filled precisely and quickly in order to improve the productivity and quality of concrete batching plant. It is shown that the proposed algorithm can improve the quality control and system performance and offer effective parameter self-tuning control technique for the practical batching and weighting system.

Keywords:
batching process automation quality control weighing systems

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