Design of a contactless sensor system for woven-bag manufacture monitoring

Author

Supattatham, Montri ; Waraporn, Narongrit ; Thumbanthu, Weerasak ; Chan, Jonathan H.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Technol., King Mongkut´´s Univ. of Technol. Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand

fYear

2010

fDate

3-4 Aug. 2010

Firstpage

93

Lastpage

97

Abstract

An affordable and robust contactless sensor system was designed for woven-bag manufacture production monitoring. Based on user requirements and the need to function in the presence of moisture, dust, and other harsh environmental conditions in a factory such as constant vibrations, a closed-loop Hall-effect magnetic field sensor was selected. The system was constructed and then lab-tested to be rugged, reliable and maintenance-free. In addition, a production management system using the sensor was developed to improve the effectiveness and efficiency in controlling the overall manufacturing process. This system is capable of detecting defects related to machine operations in a woven-bag manufacturing factory in order to improve production rates.

Keywords

Hall effect transducers; bags; closed loop systems; fabrics; magnetic sensors; process monitoring; woven composites; closed-loop Hall-effect magnetic field; constant vibrations; contactless sensor system; harsh environmental conditions; robust contactless sensor system; woven-bag manufacture monitoring; Magnetic sensors; Maintenance; Manufacturing; Moisture; Monitoring; Production facilities; Production management; Production systems; Robustness; Sensor systems; Contactless sensor; Hall effect; magnetic field; production monitoring; woven-bag manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quality Electronic Design (ASQED), 2010 2nd Asia Symposium on

Conference_Location

Penang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7809-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASQED.2010.5548220

Filename

5548220