Adaptability of Karnaugh Maps to Implement and Solve Complex Control Problems of Pneumatic and Electropneumatic Systems
Industrial dynamics increasingly require fast responses with low setup times. In pneumatic equipment, the response to the flexibility demanded by consumers requires adaptability of the equipment and constant changes in production cycles. This answer is usually achieved by rebuilding the entire system, reconstruction of the control system, to respond to the new work cycle. To solve this problem, within certain limits, we present a new approach to pneumatic control that allows us to quickly operate at three different demands in production cycles. In practice, we try to define a triple control sequence using Karnaugh Maps. Thus, we propose an approach that allows obtaining the equations of command of the triple sequence based on the Karnaugh Maps. This methodology will simplify the design of the sequence control scheme, either by pure pneumatic control or electro-pneumatic systems. This approach guarantees not only the operation of the circuits, three sequences but also the minimization of the command variables necessary for the implementation of the control circuit.
