Robust backstepping control of double-rod cylinder for motion synchronization of mold oscillator

Jiangbo Zhao*, Xiaodong Sun, Liang Zhao, Junzheng Wang

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Abstract

High-performance synchronization control of two double-rod cylinders used to oscillate the mold of a continuous casting machine is considered in this article. Friction between strand shell and mold plays an important role to achieve high-precision control of mold oscillator. A new friction model is proposed for exact system modeling and is proved useful. Using a force-distribution method to consider the coupling effect between two cylinders, mathematical models of each cylinder are presented and a simple robust backstepping control strategy is proposed, which can reduce the influences of time-varying system parameters and unmodeled uncertainties. The transient performance and stability of the proposed controller are rigorously proved. Simulation and experimental results show that proposed synchronization control method can achieve good performance for given tracking task.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)29-38
Number of pages10
JournalProceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering
Volume232
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

  • Electro-hydraulic system
  • backstepping
  • mold oscillator
  • motion synchronization
  • robust control

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