prototype - mould oscillation checker

a simple prototype, meant for multiple uses with necessary minor modifications.

applied here for measuring deviations in mould oscillation.

results..... here.

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here is the schematic of the setup created with the help of fritzing.

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this is the actual arrangement.

accelerometer ADXL335 is kept on the left top side, connected to arduino-uno caged on the right side. there are 5 leads in ADXL335; 3 signal lines for measuring acceleration in 3-axes, and 2 powerlines.

but since, i wanted to measure only the vertical up-down motion, i had left 2 lines(black+blue) unconnected.

arduino is kept in transparent case on the right is connected to usb port thro' A-to-B connector. this feeds serial info to the PC emulating a virtual COM port (COM#5 in my PC).

http://neidhal.blogspot.in/2015/12/arduino-1.html

arduino's 10bit ADC feeds data to PC's serial port in digital values ranging from 0 to 1023. but this wont make sense if just read digitally; graphing would be easier for tracking changes and abnormalities in the stream of values.

resorted to PROCESSING language for graphing. code in PDE is given on top, that includes the resulting graph window.

this can further be elaborated to measure abnormalities in 3-D. further can be extended into a real product from prototype. if controls are implemented thro' GUI, this setup can be applied to other applications like, slag-detection in ladle-to-tundish shroud, Calcium recovery in ladle furnace treatments.

or for anything that needs to be observed for abnormal vibrations.