A New 2D Displacement Measurement Method Based on an Eddy Current Sensor and Absolute Encoding

Kunlong Ma; Qianyun Yang; Jin Zhang; Xueming Dang; Penghao Hu

doi:10.3390/machines10111077

Machines (Nov 2022)

A New 2D Displacement Measurement Method Based on an Eddy Current Sensor and Absolute Encoding

Kunlong Ma,
Qianyun Yang,
Jin Zhang,
Xueming Dang,
Penghao Hu

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Kunlong Ma: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Measuring Theory and Precision Instrument, School of Instrument Science and Opto-Electronic Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
Qianyun Yang: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Measuring Theory and Precision Instrument, School of Instrument Science and Opto-Electronic Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
Jin Zhang: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Measuring Theory and Precision Instrument, School of Instrument Science and Opto-Electronic Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
Xueming Dang: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Measuring Theory and Precision Instrument, School of Instrument Science and Opto-Electronic Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
Penghao Hu: Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Measuring Theory and Precision Instrument, School of Instrument Science and Opto-Electronic Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/machines10111077
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 11
p. 1077

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A new method of two-dimensional (2D) plane displacement measurement based on an eddy current sensor is proposed in this paper. A series of grooves with different widths and depths are graved on the linear displacement table to form 2D absolute coding using the idea of pseudorandom coding. The eddy current sensor array is arranged above the groove to identify the coding. An artificial neural network is used to establish a measurement model which is the mapping relationship between the output of the eddy current sensor array and the 2D displacement of the workbench. A feasibility experiment showed that in the range of 20 × 20 mm, the root mean square error of measurement in the X- and Y-directions are 83 and 73 μm, respectively. The new method integrates eddy current sensor and artificial neural network modeling to realize 2D displacement measurement, which provides a new solution for displacement and angle measurement.

Published in Machines

ISSN: 2075-1702 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Mechanical engineering and machinery
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/machines

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