I have a mechanical press. We are having problems and we believe it may have something to do with the movement and speed of the press. The press is old and problems seem to go away with a fresh die capsule change but we can't pinpoint the problem.
I need to measure and record the movement profile of the press throughout its cycle. Fill to eject can range from about 50 - 70 thousands and I
would not consider the press high speed but it is not slow either, it moves about 15 to 20 cycles a minute.
While I've done several automation projects, I've not really done anything like this and could use help. Could someone point me in the right direction for what equipment I would need.
I assume you could do this with some type of DAQ and linear sensor though in the future I might want to do some programming with alarms and such so I would like to use a PLC.
So my questions would be:
I like automation direct plcs for little projects like this. I will need to record the data for the day, haven't looked to see if there PlCs can do this.
Can I just use an analog sensor with an analog card?
Any recomendation on with type of sensor would be best? something like an LVIT?
I need to measure and record the movement profile of the press throughout its cycle. Fill to eject can range from about 50 - 70 thousands and I
would not consider the press high speed but it is not slow either, it moves about 15 to 20 cycles a minute.
While I've done several automation projects, I've not really done anything like this and could use help. Could someone point me in the right direction for what equipment I would need.
I assume you could do this with some type of DAQ and linear sensor though in the future I might want to do some programming with alarms and such so I would like to use a PLC.
So my questions would be:
I like automation direct plcs for little projects like this. I will need to record the data for the day, haven't looked to see if there PlCs can do this.
Can I just use an analog sensor with an analog card?
Any recomendation on with type of sensor would be best? something like an LVIT?