A novel kernel hardness tester was introduced in the paper, and the detection and control system was studied in detail. The stylus of the tester is forced into grain which placed in a container. The force which was acquired by a load cell and the displacement of the stylus which was measured by an optical encoder were used as a new hardness index. The core microcontroller unit (MCU) applied in the paper is STC89C52 to accomplish the data acquisition and the position control of a DC servo motor.
In order to investigate the static characteristics of eddy current sensor (ECS) influenced by cylindrical diameter, material and displacement of the target workpiece, some experiments were carried out. Firstly, the theoretical principles of ECS were recalled for explaining the related parameters. The experiment setup was then introduced and some features including linearity, resolution and sensitivity were tested by the experimental instrument and calibrated. Finally, the experimental results were obtained and the influence elements were discussed in the paper.
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