METAL : Jurnal Sistem Mekanik dan Termal
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2023): Jurnal Sistem Mekanik dan Termal (METAL)

Design of Control System for a Desktop Injection Molding Using Raspberry Pi 3 B+

Rahmat, Rahmat (Unknown)
Putra, Meiki Eru (Unknown)
Amin, Zulkifli (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
11 Dec 2023

Abstract

Injection molding is one of the techniques used to create plastic items. Plastic goods with good dimensional tolerances are frequently made using the efficient, accurate, and cost-effective injection molding process. The advantages of injection molding include quick product production, accurate process execution, cheap labor costs, automation of the process, and the ability to produce large quantities of items. There are many benefits to using a controller as a measuring device when injection molding. Making injection molding equipment easier to handle and observe is one of them. The process of regulating or controlling one or more quantities (variables) so that they are at a specific objective is known as a control system. In this study, a compact, mobile, automatic plastic injection machine that can create small plastic objects was developed. The design process is developed using the Python programming language, and the control system is a microcontroller of the Raspberry Pi type that has a complete architecture, including wifi and bluetooth modules, as well as a lot of memory. A NEMA 23 stepper motor with a torque of 2.2 Nm and a TB6600 motor driver are used in the drive system to control the voltage and rotation of the motor. A band heater type heating element with a maximum working temperature of 350°C at 220 volts is used in the heating system. A desktop program running on a 7-inch TFT display will show the process of controlling and monitoring the device.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

metal

Publisher

Subject

Automotive Engineering Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Materials Science & Nanotechnology Mechanical Engineering

Description

METAL: Jurnal Sistem Mekanik dan Termal translated as METAL: Journal of Systems in Mechanical and Thermal is a scholarly peer-reviewed journal published by Mechanical Engineering Department of Engineering Faculty at Universitas Andalas, Padang, Indonesia. The journal focused on the mechanics and ...