IMPACT project (Funded by the European Commission)

Partners: Imperial College of London (UK), Technical University of Darmshdat (Germany), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland),Mecanicaziones Aeronauticas (Spain), Robert Bosch GmbH (Germany), MECOS Traxler AG (Switzerland), Austrian Energy (Austria)

The IMPACT project aims at improving machinery performance using active control technology and has four main tasks:

• Modelling of the entire mechatronic systems with respect to process-, controller- and actuator/sensor-behaviour
• Development of model-based diagnosis/prognosis and correction algorithms for mechatronic products (SMART-Machine- Technology)
• Design studies to realise the full potential of SMART-Machine-Technologies in industrial cases

Responsibilities during the project focussed on the development of model-based diagnosis/prognosis and correction algorithms for mechatronic products. A new diagnosis algorithm for the rotating machinery was developed and successfully tested with experimental data obtained from a high speed active magnetic bearing rotor. A combined Genetic algorithm and adaptive simulated annealing were also developed and used as part of the diagnosis algorithm.