Accurate position control of a pneumatic actuator using on/off solenoid valves

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-204

  Van Varseveld, Robert B ^a   Bone, Gary M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actuator; Pneumatic; Position control; Pulse width modulation; Solenoid valve

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; ON-OFF CONTROL SYSTEMS; PNEUMATIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT; POSITION CONTROL; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

ON/OFF SOLENOID VALVES; PNEUMATIC ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0031233861     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3516.622972     Document Type: Article

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