MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, cilt.20, sa.2, ss.131-146, 2005 (SCI-Expanded)
In the present study, comparison of the three control methods for a friction-welding machine has been carried out. For this purpose, conventional automatic control programmable logic controller, and peripheral interface controller systems were set up for a friction welding machine in experiments. It has been observed that these systems worked successfully and the peripheral interface controller system was the best performer. The peripheral interface controller is a low-cost, programmable, and high-performance control method.