Effect of the rotation of the Slip-Ring

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1 Measurement Description

Random Signal is generated by one DAC of the SpeedGoat.

The signal going out of the DAC is split into two:

  • one BNC cable is directly connected to one ADC of the SpeedGoat
  • one BNC cable goes two times in the Slip-Ring (from bottom to top and then from top to bottom) and then is connected to one ADC of the SpeedGoat

Two measurements are done.

Data File Description
mat/data_001.mat Slip-ring not turning
mat/data_002.mat Slip-ring turning

For each measurement, the measured signals are:

Data File Description
t Time vector
x1 Direct signal
x2 Signal going through the Slip-Ring

The goal is to determine is the signal is altered when the spindle is rotating.

Here, the rotation speed of the Slip-Ring is set to 1rpm.

2 Load data

We load the data of the z axis of two geophones.

sr_off = load('mat/data_001.mat', 't', 'x1', 'x2');
sr_on  = load('mat/data_002.mat', 't', 'x1', 'x2');

3 Analysis

Let's first look at the signal produced by the DAC (figure 1).

figure;
hold on;
plot(sr_on.t,  sr_on.x1);
hold off;
xlabel('Time [s]'); ylabel('Voltage [V]');
xlim([0 10]);

random_signal.png

Figure 1: Random signal produced by the DAC

We now look at the difference between the signal directly measured by the ADC and the signal that goes through the slip-ring (figure 2).

figure;
hold on;
plot(sr_on.t,  sr_on.x1  -  sr_on.x2,  'DisplayName', 'Slip-Ring - $\omega = 1rpm$');
plot(sr_off.t, sr_off.x1 - sr_off.x2,'DisplayName', 'Slip-Ring off');
hold off;
xlabel('Time [s]'); ylabel('Voltage [V]');
xlim([0 10]);
legend('Location', 'northeast');

slipring_comp_signals.png

Figure 2: Alteration of the signal when the slip-ring is turning

dt = sr_on.t(2) - sr_on.t(1);
Fs = 1/dt; % [Hz]

win = hanning(ceil(1*Fs));
[pxx_on,  f] = pwelch(sr_on.x1  - sr_on.x2,  win, [], [], Fs);
[pxx_off, ~] = pwelch(sr_off.x1 - sr_off.x2, win, [], [], Fs);

psd_noise.png

Figure 3: ASD of the measured noise

4 Conclusion

Remaining questions:

  • Should the measurement be redone using voltage amplifiers?
  • Use higher rotation speed and measure for longer periods (to have multiple revolutions) ?

Author: Thomas Dehaeze

Created: 2019-05-03 ven. 14:39

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