The word ' mechatronics ' was coined about 25 years ago in Japan. Over the years, mechatronics has become a buzzword that has been given different definitions. During this talk I will introduce a few example of research activities at the School of Mechanical Engineering of Purdue University that are attempting to apply mechatronics designs principles to various industrial applications.
Tonal disturbance are common in any constant speed processes.
Vibration absorbers are usually used to either reduce structure resonance or to create a short circuit between tonal disturbance and the vibration absorber thus reduces the vibration of the primary system. The tunability of the absorber is achieved by combining the material properties of the SMA and binary logic actuation. Banding Reduction in Electrophotographic Processes using Piezoelectric Beam Bender Scan line spacing variation is shown to be highly correlated to banding in electrophotographic processes. A piezoelectric bimorph cantilever beam bender is modeled and controlled to compensate for scan line spacing variation. Experimental verification showed noticeable banding reduction.