An apparatus includes a servo motor being configured to drive a traveling part for transferring an object along a traveling rail, a servo driver being configured to control an operation of the servo motor with adjusting a torque of the servo motor according to a load level, an overload determination unit being configured to check a degree of overload of the servo driver and a motion controller being configured to generate a speed signal and a speed profile according to a transfer command which a control unit of controlling an operation of the traveling part transmits thereto, the motion controller generating either a normal speed profile when the servo driver is not at an overload state or a corrected speed profile when the servo driver is at the overload state, and transmitting the speed signal and the speed profile to the servo driver.

Various methods and systems are provided for an x-ray imaging system. In one example, a method for decelerating a rotor of an x-ray tube of an imaging system includes controlling and/or monitoring a speed and position of the rotor, passing the rotor through a first position where a force exerted on the rotor, is less than Earth's gravitational pull, the force due to a combination of gravity and radial acceleration, and initiating a predefined deceleration profile to decelerate the rotor to a halt when the x-ray tube passes through the first position.

Various methods and systems are provided for an x-ray imaging system. In one example, a method for decelerating a rotor of an x-ray tube of an imaging system includes controlling and/or monitoring a speed and position of the rotor, passing the rotor through a first position where a force exerted on the rotor, is less than Earth's gravitational pull, the force due to a combination of gravity and radial acceleration, and initiating a predefined deceleration profile to decelerate the rotor to a halt when the x-ray tube passes through the first position.

Some embodiments are directed to a method for estimating a periodic or substantially periodic force present in a mechanical or electromechanical system, the method comprising: estimating, by a processing device, one or more harmonic frequencies of an acceleration signal representing an acceleration in the system, the substantially periodic force contributing to said acceleration; and estimating, by the processing device, the force on the basis of a dynamic model of the system, the dynamic model being defined by said one or more estimated harmonic frequencies.

Some embodiments are directed to a method for estimating a periodic or substantially periodic force present in a mechanical or electromechanical system, the method comprising: estimating, by a processing device, one or more harmonic frequencies of an acceleration signal representing an acceleration in the system, the substantially periodic force contributing to said acceleration; and estimating, by the processing device, the force on the basis of a dynamic model of the system, the dynamic model being defined by said one or more estimated harmonic frequencies.

Provided are a controller and a program with which it is possible to easily output the state of mechanical loss in an induction motor. A controller for controlling industrial machinery that has an induction motor comprises: an electric power cutoff unit that cuts off the supply of electric power to the induction motor; a speed acquisition unit that acquires the speed of the induction motor; an acceleration calculation unit that calculates acceleration on the basis of the acquired speed; a moment-of-inertia acquisition unit that acquires the moment of inertia of a spindle of the induction motor; a mechanical loss calculation unit that calculates mechanical loss in the induction motor on the basis of the acquired speed, the calculated acceleration, and the acquired moment of inertia; and an output unit that outputs the calculated mechanical loss.

A motor adjustment method adjusts a motor driven by a controller. The motor adjustment method includes acquiring forward rotation information indicating a change in a value of a current flowing through a driver at the time of a rotor rotating in a forward direction when a Hall sensor setting position is changed, acquiring reverse rotation information indicating a change in a value of a current flowing through the driver at the time of the rotor rotating in a reverse direction when the Hall sensor setting position is changed, and determining a Hall sensor adjustment position on the basis of the forward rotation information and the reverse rotation information. The Hall sensor adjustment position indicates a position obtained by adding a correction amount to the Hall sensor setting position.

A motor adjustment method adjusts a motor driven by a controller. The motor adjustment method includes acquiring forward rotation information indicating a change in a value of a current flowing through a driver at the time of a rotor rotating in a forward direction when a Hall sensor setting position is changed, acquiring reverse rotation information indicating a change in a value of a current flowing through the driver at the time of the rotor rotating in a reverse direction when the Hall sensor setting position is changed, and determining a Hall sensor adjustment position on the basis of the forward rotation information and the reverse rotation information. The Hall sensor adjustment position indicates a position obtained by adding a correction amount to the Hall sensor setting position.

An inverter controller includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain a command rotation speed transmitted repeatedly from outside of the inverter controller, count a command obtaining interval that is a period from a point in time where an old command rotation speed was obtained to a point in time where a new command rotation speed is obtained, set a target acceleration of the electric motor when the command rotation speed has been obtained, and control the inverter circuit such that the electric motor rotates at the set target acceleration. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate a command acceleration based on the counted command obtaining interval and the new command rotation speed, the command acceleration being set as the target acceleration.

An inverter controller includes a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain a command rotation speed transmitted repeatedly from outside of the inverter controller, count a command obtaining interval that is a period from a point in time where an old command rotation speed was obtained to a point in time where a new command rotation speed is obtained, set a target acceleration of the electric motor when the command rotation speed has been obtained, and control the inverter circuit such that the electric motor rotates at the set target acceleration. The processing circuitry is configured to calculate a command acceleration based on the counted command obtaining interval and the new command rotation speed, the command acceleration being set as the target acceleration.