Introduction to Mechatronics

Dr. Ahmed Fouly Anwer

Ahmed.Fouly@mu.edu.eg
01069007725

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 Outline
➢ Introduction
➢ Conventional versus Mechatronics Design
➢ The Mechatronics Design Process
➢ Mechatronics system Components
➢ The mechatronics application
➢ The role of mechatronics engineer

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 Introduction
What is the mechatronics?

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What is the mechatronics?
The term mechatronics is composed of “mecha” from
mechanics and “tronics” from electronics, introduced
in the late 1960s by Japan’s Yaskawa Electric
Company.

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What is the mechatronics?
“Synergistic integration of mechanical engineering
with electronics and intelligent computer control in
the design and manufacturing of industrial products
and processes.”

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Why Mechatronics?
▪ Ability to increase competitiveness of the product
through use of technology
▪ Able to respond rapidly and effectively to changes in
market
▪ Support and enable development of new products (any
new ideas of urs….. )
▪ Enhance existing products.

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Mechatronics Concept Map

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 Conventional versus Mechatronics Design

Mechatronics Design Conventional Design

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 Conventional versus Mechatronics Design
Mechatronics Concept in Car
Conventional Design
• Electronics is mainly Radio
• Electrical subsystem includes
starter motor and the battery
charging systems.
• No intelligent safety systems
• Mechanically controlled
combustion
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Mechatronics Design
• Electronic ignition system
Mechatronics • Antilock Brake System (ABS)
• Safety enhancements
• Active suspension
• Emission reduction
• Auto-Parking
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 Conventional versus Mechatronics Design
Mechatronics Concept in Car
Conventional Design
• Electronics is mainly Radio
• Electrical subsystem includes
starter motor and the battery
charging systems.
• No intelligent safety systems
• Mechanically controlled
combustion
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Mechatronics Design
• Electronic ignition system
Mechatronics • Antilock Brake System (ABS)
• Safety enhancements
• Active suspension
• Emission reduction
• Auto-Parking
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Mechatronics Concept in Car

Mechatronics

New advantage
•Reduced weight
•Fuel economy
•Manufacturing flexibility
•Design freedom
•Advanced safety features
•Cost
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 The Mechatronics Design Process

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 Mechatronics system Components
Mechatronics System

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 Mechatronics system Components
Mechanical elements
Mechanical elements refer to mechanical structure, mechanism,
thermo-fluid, and hydraulic aspects of a mechatronics system.

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 Mechatronics system Components
Actuators
An actuator is a type of motor for moving or controlling a
mechanism or system. It is operated by a source of energy, usually
in the form of an electric current, hydraulic fluid pressure or
pneumatic pressure, and converts that energy into some kind of
motion. An actuator is the mechanism by which an agent acts
upon an environment

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 Mechatronics system Components
Sensors
A sensor is a converter that measures a physical quantity and
converts it into a signal which can be read by an observer or by an
instrument.

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 Mechatronics system Components
Electrical/ Electronic elements
1- Electrical elements refer to Electrical components (e.g., resistor
(R), capacitor (C), inductor (L), transformer, etc.), circuits, and
analog signals
2- Electronic elements refer to transistors, diode, optoisolators,
operational amplifiers, power electronics, and signal conditioning

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 Mechatronics system Components
Control Interface/Computing Hardware
Control interface/computing hardware elements refer to Analog-
to-digital (A/D) converter, digital-to-analog (D/A) converter, digital
input/output(I/O), counters, timers, data acquisition and control
(DAC) board, and digital signal processing (DSP) board.

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 Mechatronics system Components
Control /Computing software
Computer/Information System elements refer to perform:
– dynamic system analysis, optimization, design, and simulation
– virtual instrumentation
– rapid control prototyping
– hardware-in-the-loop simulation
– PC-based data acquisition and control

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 The mechatronics application
Robots

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 The mechatronics application
Industry and manufacturing application

CNC Machining
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 The mechatronics application
Transportation Applications

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 The mechatronics application
Medical Applications

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 The mechatronics application
Defense Applications

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 The mechatronics application
Smart home

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 The role of mechatronics engineer
What is the role of mechatronics engineer?

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 The role of mechatronics engineer

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 The role of mechatronics engineer

Mechatronic engineer is often therefore to act as the link between

the specialists and to provide the necessary channel of
communication through which ideas and thoughts can be
transferred

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