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Design and Development of a "Two- Axis Leveling Platform"

Electronic drives such as stepper motor; either rotary or linear, have found many useful application and are regarded as the major components in automation. Many applications evolved rapidly with integrating components such as sensors, controllers, actuators, drives and switches. Variety of syste...

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Main Author:	Anwarudin, Saidu Mohamed
Format:	Final Year Project
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2004
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling	my-utp-utpedia.83892017-01-25T09:46:58Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/8389/ Design and Development of a "Two- Axis Leveling Platform" Anwarudin, Saidu Mohamed TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Electronic drives such as stepper motor; either rotary or linear, have found many useful application and are regarded as the major components in automation. Many applications evolved rapidly with integrating components such as sensors, controllers, actuators, drives and switches. Variety of systems that performs similar applications could be developed using these combinations. Simplicity, better control and cost are the main criteria in selecting the best configuration. Therefore a good grasp of knowledge and technology on these elements will be able to enhance the development of the automation industry. One of such applications in automation filed is a stabilizing or leveling system. A two-axis -leveling platform is a system that is capable of leveling a platform although the base is subjected to uneven motion. The word two-axis in this context represents two drives (linear stepper motor) that are used to control the platform's motion compare to some other stabilizing systems that use many drives that eventually lead to costly design. The project is aimed at designing and developing a physical model that is capable of demonstrating the idea of leveling a platform when the base is subjected to uneven motion. The model consists of the basic structure of the platform, control device such as controller board to control the motor, computer as a processor, serial port as an I/0 card, linear actuators and control program developed using Lab VIEW. Thus, the project consists of a system that has both hardware (model) and software (controller program) components. There are some initiatives taken to keep the overall cost within the budget since the main constraint in this project is the cost. Under those constraints, author has found ways to utilize both parallel and serial COM port as data acquisition medium. The motor selection was guided by the physical constrains of the system as well as equations to calculate the required torque, allowable load and speed. The expected result of this project is to deliver and communicate the idea of leveling a platform in many applications. Some of the main advantages of using the linear actuators are its high durability and flexibility of progranuning. In between the accuracy in term of tilt-angle is an impressive result of the system. Stabilizing a solid surface has found many useful applications in automotive, military, micro-inspection and measurement field. This project could be a springboard to explore the new ways in leveling a platform which carry vast practical applications. Universiti Teknologi Petronas 2004-06 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/8389/1/2004%20-%20Design%20and%20Developent%20of%20A%20Two-Axis%20Leveling%20Platform.pdf Anwarudin, Saidu Mohamed (2004) Design and Development of a "Two- Axis Leveling Platform". Universiti Teknologi Petronas. (Unpublished)
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description	Electronic drives such as stepper motor; either rotary or linear, have found many useful application and are regarded as the major components in automation. Many applications evolved rapidly with integrating components such as sensors, controllers, actuators, drives and switches. Variety of systems that performs similar applications could be developed using these combinations. Simplicity, better control and cost are the main criteria in selecting the best configuration. Therefore a good grasp of knowledge and technology on these elements will be able to enhance the development of the automation industry. One of such applications in automation filed is a stabilizing or leveling system. A two-axis -leveling platform is a system that is capable of leveling a platform although the base is subjected to uneven motion. The word two-axis in this context represents two drives (linear stepper motor) that are used to control the platform's motion compare to some other stabilizing systems that use many drives that eventually lead to costly design. The project is aimed at designing and developing a physical model that is capable of demonstrating the idea of leveling a platform when the base is subjected to uneven motion. The model consists of the basic structure of the platform, control device such as controller board to control the motor, computer as a processor, serial port as an I/0 card, linear actuators and control program developed using Lab VIEW. Thus, the project consists of a system that has both hardware (model) and software (controller program) components. There are some initiatives taken to keep the overall cost within the budget since the main constraint in this project is the cost. Under those constraints, author has found ways to utilize both parallel and serial COM port as data acquisition medium. The motor selection was guided by the physical constrains of the system as well as equations to calculate the required torque, allowable load and speed. The expected result of this project is to deliver and communicate the idea of leveling a platform in many applications. Some of the main advantages of using the linear actuators are its high durability and flexibility of progranuning. In between the accuracy in term of tilt-angle is an impressive result of the system. Stabilizing a solid surface has found many useful applications in automotive, military, micro-inspection and measurement field. This project could be a springboard to explore the new ways in leveling a platform which carry vast practical applications.
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Design and Development of a "Two- Axis Leveling Platform"

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