Motor speed control system for conveyor applications based on PLC-VSD with 3D visualization

• Main Authors: Dwiyaniti, Murie, Handoyo, Yayak Dwi, Situmorang, Yohana Eunike Stefi, Wardhani, Arum Kusuma, Setiana, Hatib
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Closed loops; Control systems; Conveyors; Design; Feedback control; Induction motors; Parameters; Plant layout; Speed control; Visualization
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/5.0230500

The industry needs the ability of electrical engineers to program PLC-based industrial automation systems. Training this ability requires a simulator to visualize designs/plants in 3D and relate to real industrial contexts. To make teaching participants understand PLC-based control systems more accessible, we created a 3D visualization simulator for the induction motor speed control system as a conveyor drive. This article discusses designing and constructing an induction motor speed control system simulator as a conveyor drive. Conveyor visualization using factory IO software with real input from PLC is connected in a closed loop with VSD, induction motor, and encoder. This simulator teaches how to determine optimal Proportional and Integral (PI) controlling parameters and analysis of system response when there is a change in load on the conveyor. As a result, based on a series of tests, the 3D simulator of the closed-loop system for controlling the speed of the induction motor on the conveyor is functioning correctly. Optimal PI parameters are 20 and 12, respectively. The design responds to load changes to return to the setpoint condition average 11 seconds.