Maher Yahya Salloom was born 1962. He has a BSc. in Mechanical Engineering in 1984 from the University of Baghdad, and an MSc. in Applied Mechanics in 1999 from the University of Baghdad. Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics from University Science Malaysia, (USM) 2011. Currently, he works as an Assoc. Prof. Dr. in the Department of Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Baghdad. Maher does research in mechanical engineering, hydraulic and pneumatic control systems, automation systems, robotics, machine design, CAD/CAM systems, advanced manufacturing systems materials engineering, and aerospace engineering. Their current project is 'Hydraulic Control systems (fluid Power). He can be contacted at email: [email protected].
B.sc. Mechanical Engineering 1984 M.sc. Mechanical Engineering/ Applied Mechanics 1999 Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering / Control 2011
Asst. Prof.
1 Bronze medal. (ITEX 2010) 21th International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX 2010) 2010 2 Scientific Day award Min. of High Educ. And Sci. Res. 2012 3 Many Acknowledgment Chancellor From 2012 4 Many Acknowledgment Dean From 2011 5 Many Certificate Dean From 2013 6 Many Acknowledgment Minister From 2019
Fluid Actuators Magnetic Field Finite Element Method Finite Element Modeling Simulation Mechatronics Experimental Fluid Mechanics Dynamic Analysis Stress Analysis Structural Analysis Solid Mechanics Structural Dynamics Design Engineering Computational Analysis Modeling Mechanics Hydraulics Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Design Mechanical Properties Materials Engineering FEMM Mechanical TestingExperiment al MechanicsComposite Structures Smart MaterialsPLCFinite Element AnalysisMaterialsFE AnalysisLabVIEW programmingArduinoMechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering, Hydraulics and Pneumatic control systems, Automation Systems, Robotics, Machine Design, CAD/CAM systems, Advanced Manufacturing Systems Materials Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering. Their current project is 'Hydraulic Control systems (fluid Power)
1 Mechatronics Dep. CAM systems 1999-2005 2 Mechatronics Dep. Sensors 2001-2003 3 Mechatronics Dep. Theory of Machine 2001-2004 4 Mechatronics Dep. and Auto. Manufacture Dep. Hydraulics & Pneumatic Systems 2011- until now 5 Mechatronics Dep.-Postgraduate Artificial Intelligence 2012-2014 6 Mechatronics Dep. and Auto. Manufacture Dep.-Postgraduate Industrial Automation and Robotics 2013- until now 7 Mechatronics Dep. UOB and Product & Menial Eng. Dep. UOT Automation Systems 2015-2018 8 Automated Manufacture Dep. Automation Design Process 9 Product & menial Eng. Dep. UOT Mechatronics Systems Design 2015-2018
1 Smart Sensing of Variable Pressure for Oil Well Safety Valve Mechatronics MSc. 2014 2 Control Of Arc Furnace Pole Using Proportional Hydraulic Valve Mechatronics MSc. 2014 3 Performance Of Remote Control Pneumatic Elevator Using PLC Mechatronics MSc. 2015 4 Proportional Hydraulic Control System of Overrunning Variable Load Actuator Mechatronics MSc. 2016 5 Variable speed and force of a hydraulic press using proportional valve and pressure sensor Mechatronics MSc. 2016 6 Monitor and quality control for automatic production line system Mechatronics MSc. 2017 7 Product Development From 3D Scanner to CNC Machine in Reverse Engineering Automated Manufacturing MSc. 2018 8 Design and implementation of 3D printer for metal parts production Automated Manufacturing MSc. 2018 9 Pneumatic control system of automatic production line and robotic using SCADA implement PLC Automated Manufacturing MSc. 2019 10 Sequence Optimization of Automated Manufacturing Systems Controlled Using PLC Automated Manufacturing MSc. 2020 11 Design and implementation of a mobile robot with a self-balanced platform Mechatronics MSc. 2021 12 Design and experimental performance of Magnetorheological directional control valve Mechatronics MSc. 2021 13. Develop Multiple-Actuator Pneumatic Circuits Using The Karnaugh Maps Designing PLC controlled Mechatronics MSc. 2023 14. Performance of two hydraulic cylinders’ position control Mechatronics MSc. 2023
<span lang="EN-US">In the last years, the self-balancing platform has become one of the most common candidates to use in many applications such as flight, biomedical fields, and industry. In this paper, the physical prototype of a proposed self-balancing platform that described the self-balancing attitude in the (X-axis, Y-axis, or biaxial) under the influence of road disturbance has been introduced. In the physical prototype, the inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor will sense the disturbance in (X-axis, Y-axis, and biaxial). With the determined error, the corresponding electronic circuit, DC servo motors, and the Arduino software, the platform overcame the tilt angle(disturbance). Optimization of the proportional-integral-
... Show MoreDirectional control valves are designed to control direction of flow, while actuators maintain required speeds and precise positions. Magnetorheological (MR) fluid is a controllable fluid. Utilizing the MR fluid properties, direct interface between magnetic fields and fluid power is possible, without the need for mechanical moving parts like spools. This study proposes a design of a four-way three-position MR directional control valve, presents a method of building, and explains the working principle of the valve. An analysis of the design and finite elements using finite element method of magnetism (FEMM) software was performed on each valve. The magnetic circuit of the MR valve was analyzed and the performance was simulated. The
... Show MoreThe main part in hydraulic system is directional control valve. Directional control valve has complex construction such as moving spool to control the direction of actuator for required speed. Magneto-rheological (MR) fluid is one of controllable fluids. Utilizing the MR fluid properties, direct interface can be realized between magnetic field and fluid power without the need for moving parts like spool in directional control valves. This study proposes the design of four ways/three position MR proportional directional control valve (4/3 MR valve). The construction of valve and the principle of work are presented. Analysis for magnetic circuit and simulation for valve performance were done. The experiment was conducted to show the principle
... Show MoreThe purpose of this article is to introduce reverse engineering procedure (REP). It can achieved by developing an industrial mechanical product that had no design schemes throughout the 3D-Scanners. The aim of getting a geometric CAD model from 3D scanner is to present physical model. Generally, this used in specific applications, like commercial plan and manufacturing tasks. Having a digital data as stereolithography (STL) format. Converting the point cloud be can developed as a work in programming by producing triangles between focuses, a procedure known as triangulation. Then it could be easy to manufacture parts unknown documentation and transferred the information to CNC-machines. In this work, modification was proposed and used in RE
... Show MoreMagneto-rheological (MR) valve is one of the devices generally used to control the speed of Hydraulic actuator of MR fluid. The performance of valve depends on the magnetic circuit design. Present study deals with a new design of MR valve. A mathematical model for the MR valve is developed and the simulation is carried out to evaluate the newly developed MR valve. The design of the magnetic circuit is accomplished by magnetic finite element software such as Finite Element Method Magnetic (FEMMR). The model dimensions of MR valve, material properties are taken into account. The results of analysis are presented in terms of magnetic strength H and magnetic flux density B. The simulation results based on the proposed model indicate that the ef
... Show MoreComputers have been used for numerous applications involving the automatic or semiautomatic recognition of patterns in image. Advanced manufacturing system requires automated inspection and test method to increase production and yield best quality of product. Methods are available today is machine vision. Machine vision systems are widely used today in the manufacturing industry for inspection and sorting application. The objective of this paper is to apply machine vision technology for measuring geometric dimension of an automotive part. Vision system usually requires reprogramming or parameterization of software when it has to be configured for a part or product. A web camera used to capture an image of an automotive part that has been ch
... Show MorePick and place system is one of the significant employments of modern robots utilized in industrial environments. The objective of this research is to make a comparison of time sequences by combining multiple axes of sequences. A pick-place system implemented with pneumatic linear double-acting cylinders to applicator in automated systems processes for manufacturing. The challenge of 3-axes movement control was achieved using the PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) controller such that the merging between two or three axes was achieved according to the selected sequence of the program. The outcomes show the contrasted sequences and the reference in a constant velocity. The main variable parameter is the number of steps for each sequ
... Show MoreMagneto-rheological (MR) Valve is one of the devices generally used to control the speed of Hydraulic actuator using MR fluid. The performance of valve depends on the magnetic circuit design. Present study deals with a new design of MR valve. The finite element analysis is carried out on this valve to optimize its design. The design of the magnetic circuit is accomplished by magnetic finite element software such as Finite Element Method Magnetic (FEMM). The Model dimensions of MR valve, material properties and the circuit properties of valve coil are taken into account. The results of analysis are presented in terms of magnetic strength and magnetic flux density. The valve can be operated with variable flow rate by varying the current. It i
... Show MoreThere are many configurations of directional control valve. Directional control valve has complex construction, such as moving spool to control the direction of actuator and desired speed. Magneto-rheological (MR) fluid is one of controllable fluids. Utilizing the MR fluid properties, direct interface can be realized between magnetic field and fluid power without the need for moving parts like spool in directional control valves. This paper presents the design of multi configuration MR directional control valve. The construction and the principle of work of the valve are presented. The experiment was conducted to show the working principle of the valve functionally. The valve worked proportionally to control the direction and speed of hydra
... Show MoreDirectional control valve is the main part in hydraulic system which has complex construction, such as moving spool to control the direction of actuator for required speed. Utilizing MR fluid properties, direct interface can be realized between magnetic field and fluid power without the need for moving parts like spool in directional control valves. This paper dedicates the experimental test of four ways, three position MR directional control valve. The experimental methods were done by connecting the MR directional control valve with hydraulic actuators. The experiment was conducted to show the principle work of the valve functionally and performance test for valve was done. The valve works proportionally to control the direction a
... Show MoreProtection of the oil pipelineswhich extracted from the wells was found to shut the well and prevent the leakage of oil when broken using safety valve. This valve is automatically activated by loss of pressure between the well and pipelines, which take the pressure, signal from hydraulic pressure sensor through pressure control valve which has constant or variable value but it is regulated manually. The manual regulatory process requires the presence of monitoring workers continuously near the wells which are always found in remote areas. In this paper, a smart system has been proposed that work with proportional pressure control valve and also electronic pressure sensor through Arduino controller, which is programmed in a way that satisfie
... Show MoreThis study focuses on the implementation of interfaces for human machine interaction (HMI) control and monitor automatic production line. The automatic production line can performance feeding, transportation, sorting functions. The objectives of this study are implemented two SCADA/HMI system using two different software. TIA portal software is used to build HMI, alarm, and trends in touch panel which is helped an operator to control and monitor the production line. LabVIEW software is used to build HMI and trends in the computer screen and is linked with Microsoft Excel (ME) to generate information table helped to monitor the performance of the pneumatic equipment. The production line can do performance feeding, transportation, sorting fun
... Show MoreIt has become necessary to change from a traditional system to an automated system in production processes, because it has high advantages. The most important of them is improving and increasing production. But there is still a need to improve and develop the work of these systems. The objective of this work is to study time reduction by combining multiple sequences of operations into one process. To carry out this work, the pneumatic system is designed to decrease\ increase the time of the sequence that performs a pick and place process through optimizing the sequences based on the obstacle dimensions. Three axes are represented using pneumatic cylinders that move according to the sequence used. The system is implemented and
... Show MoreThis valve is intended for use in valves for steering movement, using the qualities of the Magneto-rheological (MR) fluid to regulate the fluid, direct contact without the utilization of moving parts like a spool, a connection between electric flux, and fluid power was made, The simulation was done to employ the" finite element method of magnetism (FEMM)" to arrive at the best design. This software is used for magnetic resonance valve finite element analysis. The valve's best performance was obtained by using a closed directional control valve in the normal state normally closed (NC) MR valve, with simulation results revealing the optimum magnetic flux density in the absence of a current and the shedding condition, as well as the optimum pr
... Show MoreIn the last years, the self-balancing platform has become one of the most common candidates to use in many applications such as flight, biomedical fields, industry. This paper introduced the simulated model of a proposed self-balancing platform that described the self–balancing attitude in (X-axis, Y-axis, or both axis) under the influence of road disturbance. To simulate the self-balanced platform's performance during the tilt, an integration between Solidworks, Simscape, and Simulink toolboxes in MATLAB was used. The platform's dynamic model was drawn in SolidWorks and exported as a STEP file used in the Simscape Multibody environment. The system is controlled using the proportional-integral-derivative (PID) co
... Show MoreOne of the main parts in hydraulic system is directional control valve, which is needed in order to operate hydraulic actuator. Practically, a conventional directional control valve has complex construction and moving parts, such as spool. Alternatively, a proposed Magneto-rheological (MR) directional control valve can offer a better solution without any moving parts by means of MR fluid. MR fluid consists of stable suspension of micro-sized magnetic particles dispersed in carrier medium like hydrocarbon oil. The main objectives of this present research are to design a MR directional control valve using MR fluid, to analyse its magnetic circuit using FEMM software, and to study and simulate the performance of this valve. In this research, a
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