Comparison between PFC and PID control systems for a pneumatic cylinder. Issue 5 (15th May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hashimoto, Yusuke; Satoh, Toshiyuki; Nagase, Jun‐Ya; Saga, Norihiko
• Is Part Of: IEEJ transactions on electrical and electronic engineering. Volume 10:Issue 5(2015)
• Page Start: 605
• Page End: 607
• Publication Date: 2015-05-15
• Subjects: Electrical engineering -- Periodicals; Electronics -- Periodicals; 621.3
• DOI: 10.1002/tee.22125
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1931-4973

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="tee22125-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p id="tee22125-para-0001">The world population is aging, along with a decrease in population and a shortage of young workers. Mechanisms using pneumatic cylinders are therefore expected to be useful to perform tasks such as day‐to‐day work support for elderly people. However, a pneumatic cylinder involves a large time delay. Therefore, a traditional control system becomes complex, with the necessity to add Smith compensation. Therefore, we use predictive functional control (PFC). This control system is not complex even if the plant includes a time delay. This study evaluates the performance of force and position control systems using a pneumatic cylinder and PFC. We compare the PFC scheme with the proportional integral derivative (PID) control and show that PFC achieves better performance than PID control. © 2015 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc.</p> </abstract>