MACHINE MODELING AND SIMULATIONS, Machine Modeling and Simulations 2021

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Modeling of complex construction problems for randomly changing technological processes
Paweł Knast, Andrzej Kołodziej, Karol Grzegorz Konecki

Last modified: 10. 05. 2023

Abstract


Modeling of complex construction problems for randomly changing technological processes occurs during the production of rubber compounds. Without good knowledge of the technology of producing of rubber compounds the durable and efficient mixers cannot be designed. The conducted industrial research has been shown that the process of mixing the raw materials varies in time and that the forces acting inside the mixer chamber are distributed randomly. During the mixing process of the chemical components, the position of the force changes inside the mixing chamber. The load on the mixer changes over time - as a result of mixing the raw materials and the pressure of the beater. After feeding the raw materials into the mixing chamber, a big concentrated force is reacted on the ram of the mixer, which over time is transformed into several concentrated forces acting simultaneously. Then, as a result of mixing raw materials, temperature and chemical reactions, a pressure acts on the walls of the chamber and the ram of mixer. The conducted research has proved that the most dangerous, from the point of view of the mechanical durability of the mixer, is the first stage of production, in which the beater is subjected to concentrated force. Then, the compactor deforms much more and it can scratch the surface leading to damage to the mixer. The conducted research allows for a much better understanding of the process and thus to carry out a variant simulation of deformations occurring during operation, and thus to improve the durability of the mixer mechanisms.

Keywords: deformation, mixer, rubber compound, modeling, randomly variable process.