Simulation and control of rotary snow plow

  • Kubota, Yuzuzu (Department of Industrial Mechanical Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Murotan Hokkaido 050, Japan) ;
  • Yamasita, Mitsuhisa (Department of Industrial Mechanical Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Murotan Hokkaido 050, Japan) ;
  • Hiromitsu-Hikita (Department of Industrial Mechanical Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Murotan Hokkaido 050, Japan) ;
  • Watabe, Tomoji (Department of Industrial Mechanical Engineering, Muroran Institute of Technology, Murotan Hokkaido 050, Japan)
  • 발행 : 1988.10.01

초록

The operational control of the rotary snowplow is considered to improve its working efficiency. The speed of the rotary snowplow is controlled, so that the load to the rotary snowplow is kept constant. As the load can not directly be detected, some items considered for the controlled variable are, for example, the engine revolution, the load pressure and etc. In order to examine these, the working simulation of the rotary snowplow was considered by introducing the experimental equation of the load. The control methods were examined by means of the simple digital control using the personal computer. These control methods were compared with simulations and experiments. Consequently, the working efficiency is improved about 20% than the manual operation.

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