Plasma electrolytic oxidation automatic control device and method
Technical field
The invention belongs to light metal surface and prepare the technical field of ceramic coating, particularly a kind of automatic control system of plasma electrolytic oxidation technological process.
Background technology
(Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation PEO) is a kind of emerging technology of utilizing the plasma electrolysis to carry out the material surface processing to plasma electrolytic oxidation.Its groundwork process is: pending material is immersed in certain electrolytic solution as anode, other has a metal electrode as corresponding negative electrode, between the two poles of the earth, apply voltage, when voltage is increased to a certain degree, electrode surface generation electric discharge phenomena, be attended by arc light simultaneously and produce, this moment electrode surface and near generation complexity thereof physics, chemical transformation, thereby generate ceramic coating at the anode specimen surface.Utilize the plasma electrolytic oxidation technology, can form in conjunction with firm ceramic layer at light metal such as aluminium, titanium and alloy surface thereof, changed the material surface mechanical characteristic, its friction and wear behavior also changes, and has significantly strengthened the resistance to wearing of body material, performance such as corrosion-resistant, high temperature resistant.
Along with the carrying out that PEO handles, the dielectric layer of discharge electrode surface insulation is constantly grown, and makes impedance discharge change; The composition of electrolytic solution also can change along with the carrying out of handling, thereby the electrolytic solution impedance is changed.In order to keep the stability of processing parameter, need be to the continuous feedback regulation of power-supply system, traditional regulative mode is a manual shift, working strength is big, and can not guarantee the accuracy of processing parameter, and then have influence on the performance of the prepared ceramic coating of metal material surface.
Summary of the invention
At the problems referred to above, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of accurately control process parameters, alleviate labor intensity of operating staff and can gather the plasma electrolytic oxidation autocontrol method and the device of the waveform signal of transient current and voltage in the PEO process.
For achieving the above object, technical solution of the present invention is:
A kind of plasma electrolytic oxidation automatic control device, comprise the pending material that immerses in the electrolytic solution, described pending material is connected the two poles of the earth of AC power respectively by lead as anode and cathode material, described lead is provided with voltage sensor, current sensor, the output terminal of this voltage sensor, current sensor inserts signal acquisition controller, this signal acquisition controller connects computer and circuit pulse-width controlled device respectively, and this circuit pulse-width controlled device is located on the described lead.
Further, described circuit pulse-width controlled device comprises two thyristor pulse triggers, and two thyristor pulse triggers respectively connect a thyristor of being located on the described lead, and this two thyristor is in parallel.
Further, described voltage sensor is the Hall voltage transmitter, and current sensor is a Hall current sensor.
Further, described two thyristors are parallel with electric capacity.
Further, described cathode material is an electrolyzer, and this electrolyzer is a hollow groove, is formed for holding the hollow cavity of cooling fluid between the inside and outside wall of hollow groove, and this hollow cavity is provided with cooling liquid inlet and cooling liquid outlet.
A kind of plasma electrolytic oxidation autocontrol method, at first pending material is put into silicate solutions as anode, and pending material and cathode material are connected the two-stage of AC power respectively by lead, in treating processes, be located at the current sensor on the lead, voltage sensor is with the electric current that collects, voltage signal is handled through signal acquisition controller input computer, computer sends steering order according to result and is transferred to circuit pulse-width controlled device through signal acquisition controller, by forward and the negative sense pulsewidth in the circuit pulse-width controlled device regulating circuit, thus the constant current density on the assurance sample.
Further, in described computer processing procedure, at first default working parameter, computer is according to predefined working parameter then, calculate the preset value of the controlled variable of current time, the electric current of computer by collecting, actual average current in the voltage signal counting circuit, magnitude of voltage, preset value contrast with this actual value and controlled variable, if actual value is less than preset value, then described data acquisition controller sends a feedback signal, increases the pulsewidth of electric current, otherwise then reduce the pulsewidth of electric current, if reach the default treatment time, then computer sends the zero setting signal, and treating processes finishes.
Further, described working parameter comprises the frequency of the waveform that variation pattern is preserved of master mode, controlled variable.
Further, described master mode comprises current control mode, voltage mode control and power control mode.
Further, the variation pattern of described controlled variable comprises constant mode, linear increase mode, linearity increases constant again mode earlier.
After adopting aforesaid method and device, because the voltage sensor of being located on the lead is handled the electric current, the voltage signal that collect through signal acquisition controller input computer, computer according to result by the constant current density on the circuit pulse-width controlled appliance ensure sample, therefore guaranteed the accuracy of processing parameter in the treating processes, make the stable performance of the prepared ceramic coating of metal material surface, and reduce operator's working strength.In addition because described electrolyzer is a hollow groove, be formed for holding the hollow cavity of cooling fluid between the inside and outside wall of hollow groove, therefore feed cooling fluid in electrolytic process in hollow cavity, preventing that electrolyzer and electrolyte temperature raise in the electrolytic process influences the carrying out of electrolytic reaction.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is the structural representation of signal acquiring system of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the schema of sequence of control of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is operating parameter setting of the present invention interface;
Fig. 4 is processing parameter setting of the present invention interface;
Fig. 5 is a data logging parameter setting interface of the present invention;
Situation when Fig. 6 is the AutoPED software work.
Embodiment
The technical scheme of plasma electrolytic oxidation automatic control device of the present invention and method is as follows:
The control principle of AutoPED can simply be expressed as " sampling-judgement-feedback control ".Along with the prolongation in PEO treatment time, the thickness of specimen surface ceramic layer constantly increases, thereby the equivalent impedance in the circuit also constantly increases.In order to guarantee the constant current density on the sample, the signals collecting part that need utilize Hall current sensor and voltage sensor to form is gathered electric current and voltage signal in real time, and the signal that collects is sent into computer handle, send steering order by computer, regulate forward and negative sense pulsewidth.
Specify the present invention below in conjunction with embodiment:
Embodiment 1
As shown in Figure 1, at first aluminum alloy specimen 1 is cleaned and the oil removing pre-treatment, then this sample 1 is placed in the electrolytic solution 2 as anode, electrolytic solution 2 is contained in the electrolyzer 3, this electrolyzer 3 is simultaneously as negative electrode, make negative electrode 3, sample 1 connects the two poles of the earth of AC power respectively by lead, described lead is provided with voltage sensor 4, current sensor 5, this voltage sensor 4, the output terminal of current sensor 5 inserts signal acquisition controller 6, this signal acquisition controller 6 connects computer 7 and two thyristor pulse triggers 8 respectively, 9, described voltage sensor 4 is the Hall voltage transmitter, current sensor 5 is a Hall current sensor, thyristor pulse trigger 8 is connected at the thyristor 10 on the described lead, thyristor pulse trigger 9 is connected at the thyristor 11 on the described lead, thyristor 10,11 are parallel with electric capacity 12; Described electrolyzer 3 is a hollow groove, is formed for holding the hollow cavity of cooling fluid between the inside and outside wall of hollow groove, and this hollow cavity is provided with cooling liquid inlet and cooling liquid outlet; Described computer 7 is provided with controlled variable and sets the interface, and the frequency of signals collecting is 60000Hz in the present embodiment, and resolving power is 12Bit, and the frequency of steering order is 10Hz.
Controlled variable is set the interface shown in Fig. 3,4,5, but by this parameter setting interface input working parameter, working parameter comprises master mode, as current control mode, voltage mode control, power control mode, the variation pattern of controlled variable, for example constant mode, linear increase mode, the linear earlier constant mode etc. that increases again; In addition, program can not all be preserved each waveform that collects, and can cause data volume excessive like that, will soon surpass hard-disk capacity, causes system-down, and therefore setting the interface in controlled variable also needs the frequency of preserving waveform is set.According to predefined working parameter, program calculates the preset value of the controlled variable of current time.For example in the starting stage, the working current preset mode is the linear pattern that increases, and the sequence of control of then described computer 7 can calculate the preset value of current working current by the time and the current time of given maximum current, initial linear section; Computer 7 is by actual average current, magnitude of voltage in the next current and voltage signals counting circuit of signal acquisition controller 6 transmission, with this actual value and preset value contrast, if actual value is less than preset value, then described computer 7 sends a feedback signal, by signal acquisition controller 6 control thyristor pulse triggers 8,9, make the current potential generation minor alteration of thyristor 10,11, increase the pulsewidth of electric current; Otherwise, if actual value greater than preset value, then reduces the pulsewidth of electric current.Simultaneously, on the working interface of computer 7, can observe the waveform of electric current, voltage simultaneously, the mean current of forward, negative sense, the parameters such as average voltage of forward negative sense are with the Changing Pattern of the process of processing, as shown in Figure 6, automatically recorded forward average voltage, negative sense average voltage, Mean Forward Current, negative sense mean current simultaneously, preserve the waveform time if reach default, then record once arrives electric current, voltage waveform.
If reach the default treatment time, then computer 7 sends the zero setting signal, and the PEO processing finishes; Otherwise then circulation is gathered-is judged-flow process fed back.The schema of PC sequence of control as shown in Figure 2.
Said sample 1 was handled 100 minutes, just at aluminum alloy specimen surface preparation ceramic coating.Automatically recorded forward average voltage, negative sense average voltage, Mean Forward Current, negative sense mean current simultaneously, once arrived electric current, voltage waveform every 10 minutes records.
The forward current density 5A/dm of the alternating current that present embodiment applied
2, the ratio of negative current density is 0.5, adopts the linear method that increases in the starting stage, holding current is constant after 10 minutes, finishes preceding 10 minutes linearities and is reduced to zero.
Embodiment 2
Magnesium alloy sample is cleaned and the oil removing pre-treatment, adopt the apparatus and method identical, sample is placed on handles 100 minutes in the alkaline sodium silicate solution, just at magnesium alloy sample surface preparation ceramic coating with the foregoing description 1.Automatically recorded forward average voltage, negative sense average voltage, Mean Forward Current, negative sense mean current simultaneously, once arrived electric current, voltage waveform every 10 minutes records.
The forward current density 5A/dm of the alternating current that present embodiment applied
2, the ratio of negative current density is 0.5, adopts the linear method that increases in the starting stage, holding current is constant after 10 minutes, finishes preceding 10 minutes linearities and is reduced to zero.
Embodiment 3
Magnesium alloy sample is cleaned and the oil removing pre-treatment, adopt the apparatus and method identical that sample is placed on and handled in sodium phosphate and the sodium silicate solution 100 minutes, just prepare ceramic coating at the titanium alloy specimen surface with the foregoing description 1. recorded forward average voltage, negative sense average voltage, Mean Forward Current, negative sense mean current simultaneously automatically, write down every 10 minutes and once arrive electric current, voltage waveform.
The forward current density 5A/dm of the alternating current that present embodiment applied
2, the ratio of negative current density is 0.5, adopts the linear method that increases in the starting stage, holding current is constant after 10 minutes, finishes preceding 10 minutes linearities and is reduced to zero.