Energy saving in production plants is becoming more and more relevant due to the pressure from governments to contain the environmental impact of manufacturing and from companies to reduce costs. One of the measures for saving energy is the implementation of control strategies that reduce energy consumption during the machine idle periods. This paper proposes a framework that integrates different control policies for switching the machine off when production is not critical and on when the part flow has to be resumed. A general policy is formalized by modelling explicitly the energy consumed at each machine state. The policy parameters that minimize the requested machine expected energy are provided analytically for general distributions. Numerical results are based on data acquired with dedicated experimental measurements on a real machining centre, and a comparison with the most common practices in manufacturing is also reported. Note to Practitioners-The paper analyzes the control problem of switching off-on a machine tool for energy saving during the idle times. Different control policies are investigated pointing out the most significant factors. A mapping of the optimal control policy as a function of warm-up time and mean part arrival time is also provided. An algorithm is described for identifying the optimal control parameters. The results of this research will be useful for a practical implementation of a switching policy for energy saving. This implementation requires the fitting of the distribution modelling the part arrival times, the estimation of the warm-up time, and the estimation of the power adsorbed by the machine in four different states.

Energy-efficient control strategies for machine tools with stochastic arrivals

FRIGERIO, NICLA;MATTA, ANDREA
2015-01-01

Abstract

Energy saving in production plants is becoming more and more relevant due to the pressure from governments to contain the environmental impact of manufacturing and from companies to reduce costs. One of the measures for saving energy is the implementation of control strategies that reduce energy consumption during the machine idle periods. This paper proposes a framework that integrates different control policies for switching the machine off when production is not critical and on when the part flow has to be resumed. A general policy is formalized by modelling explicitly the energy consumed at each machine state. The policy parameters that minimize the requested machine expected energy are provided analytically for general distributions. Numerical results are based on data acquired with dedicated experimental measurements on a real machining centre, and a comparison with the most common practices in manufacturing is also reported. Note to Practitioners-The paper analyzes the control problem of switching off-on a machine tool for energy saving during the idle times. Different control policies are investigated pointing out the most significant factors. A mapping of the optimal control policy as a function of warm-up time and mean part arrival time is also provided. An algorithm is described for identifying the optimal control parameters. The results of this research will be useful for a practical implementation of a switching policy for energy saving. This implementation requires the fitting of the distribution modelling the part arrival times, the estimation of the warm-up time, and the estimation of the power adsorbed by the machine in four different states.
2015
Manufacturing automation; stochastic optimal control; sustainability; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Control and Systems Engineering
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