A microcomputer controller for a nylon spinning machine
| dc.contributor.advisor | Braae, Martin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kirk, Terence Enfield | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-27T07:56:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-27T07:56:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1985 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2023-09-27T07:38:55Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis will show how a new type of controller for a Nylon spinning machine was developed from an initial specification. The controller is a component in a loosely coupled feedback system which reads two tachometer pulse trains and various plant interlocks and produces two pulse trains which are used to control two solid state variable frequency variable voltage inverters and their AC motors. The specification calls for 24 controllers to be linked to a PDP 11/23 host computer which holds a library of operating parameters which can be downloaded into each control unit by ~n operator. After examining the requirements of the system, a microcomputer implementation was chosen asĀ· best meeting the needs of the project. Elsewhere in the plant several earlier attempts at using micro-computers as dedicated controllers had been made, with rather poor results. Consideration of the future requirements of the company showed that there was a clear role for these controllers, and it was clear that there was a need to define standards for their development and implementation, and so a survey of the company's requirements was done, on the basis of which a standard was adopted. The thesis covers ali system related aspects of the project, from the initial selection of a microcomputer system and software development system to the design and implementation of the controller. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Kirk, T. E. (1985). <i>A microcomputer controller for a nylon spinning machine</i>. (). ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38872 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Kirk, Terence Enfield. <i>"A microcomputer controller for a nylon spinning machine."</i> ., ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38872 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kirk, T.E. 1985. A microcomputer controller for a nylon spinning machine. . ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38872 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Master Thesis AU - Kirk, Terence Enfield AB - This thesis will show how a new type of controller for a Nylon spinning machine was developed from an initial specification. The controller is a component in a loosely coupled feedback system which reads two tachometer pulse trains and various plant interlocks and produces two pulse trains which are used to control two solid state variable frequency variable voltage inverters and their AC motors. The specification calls for 24 controllers to be linked to a PDP 11/23 host computer which holds a library of operating parameters which can be downloaded into each control unit by ~n operator. After examining the requirements of the system, a microcomputer implementation was chosen asĀ· best meeting the needs of the project. Elsewhere in the plant several earlier attempts at using micro-computers as dedicated controllers had been made, with rather poor results. Consideration of the future requirements of the company showed that there was a clear role for these controllers, and it was clear that there was a need to define standards for their development and implementation, and so a survey of the company's requirements was done, on the basis of which a standard was adopted. The thesis covers ali system related aspects of the project, from the initial selection of a microcomputer system and software development system to the design and implementation of the controller. DA - 1985 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Engineering - Electrical, Electronic and Electrotechnical Engineering LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 1985 T1 - A microcomputer controller for a nylon spinning machine TI - A microcomputer controller for a nylon spinning machine UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38872 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38872 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Kirk TE. A microcomputer controller for a nylon spinning machine. []. ,Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering, 1985 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/38872 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Electrical Engineering | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment | |
| dc.subject | Engineering - Electrical, Electronic and Electrotechnical Engineering | |
| dc.title | A microcomputer controller for a nylon spinning machine | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | MSc |