Provided are a motor device, a gear motor, a detection method, and a computer readable medium capable of detecting a load fluctuation and performing highly accurate preventive maintenance. The motor device comprises: a motor; a power detection circuit that detects power supplied to the motor; a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the motor; a storage unit that stores a regression equation expressing a relationship between power detected by the power detection circuit and a temperature measured by the temperature sensor, and a physical quantity used to derive an output shaft torque of the motor; and a processing unit that derives the output shaft torque of the motor from the power detected by the power detection circuit and the temperature measured by the temperature sensor by using the physical quantity obtained by the regression equation.

An electronically commutated motor driving module for driving a motor includes a voltage detector, an electronically commutated motor driver, a current detector, a voltage converter, and a controller. The voltage detector detects supply voltage to generate a voltage detection signal. The electronically commutated motor driver is supplied by the supply voltage to generate, according to an electronically commutated signal, an operating current for driving the motor. The current detector detects the operating current to generate a current detection signal. The voltage converter converts the supply voltage into an internal voltage. The controller is supplied by the internal voltage and generates the electronically commutated signal according to a plurality of control parameters. When the controller determines that a specific event has happened according to the control parameters, the controller stops generating the electronically commutated signal and then stores the control parameters.

An electronically commutated motor driving module for driving a motor includes a voltage detector, an electronically commutated motor driver, a current detector, a voltage converter, and a controller. The voltage detector detects supply voltage to generate a voltage detection signal. The electronically commutated motor driver is supplied by the supply voltage to generate, according to an electronically commutated signal, an operating current for driving the motor. The current detector detects the operating current to generate a current detection signal. The voltage converter converts the supply voltage into an internal voltage. The controller is supplied by the internal voltage and generates the electronically commutated signal according to a plurality of control parameters. When the controller determines that a specific event has happened according to the control parameters, the controller stops generating the electronically commutated signal and then stores the control parameters.

A method for detecting a structural fault of an electric motor. The method includes: (i) acquiring a measurement signal of a physical parameter representative of the rotation of the electric motor, (ii) obtaining the high frequency component of the measurement signal, resulting in a corrected signal, (iii) applying a set of band-pass filters to the corrected signal resulting in a set of filtered corrected signals, (iv) determining a stator frequency and a rotor frequency, (v) computing a frequency signature vector, (vi) computing a temporal symptom vector from the frequency signature vector and the set of filtered corrected signals, and (vii) detecting a structural fault of the electric motor from the determined temporal symptom vector and from a classifier model.

A method for detecting a structural fault of an electric motor. The method includes: (i) acquiring a measurement signal of a physical parameter representative of the rotation of the electric motor, (ii) obtaining the high frequency component of the measurement signal, resulting in a corrected signal, (iii) applying a set of band-pass filters to the corrected signal resulting in a set of filtered corrected signals, (iv) determining a stator frequency and a rotor frequency, (v) computing a frequency signature vector, (vi) computing a temporal symptom vector from the frequency signature vector and the set of filtered corrected signals, and (vii) detecting a structural fault of the electric motor from the determined temporal symptom vector and from a classifier model.

According to an aspect of the present invention, an electric working machine is provided. The electric working machine comprises a motor, an operation portion, a working portion, and a controller. The working portion is configured to be driven by the motor and act on a work target. The operation portion is configured to be operated by an operator. The controller is configured to control a maximum power that can be input to the motor to a first power when receiving an operation signal indicating an amount of operation to the operation portion. Further, the controller is configured to perform first switching control to switch the maximum power to a second power that is less than the first power when rotation speed of the motor becomes less than a first threshold due to a load on the working portion.

A protection device provided between a synchronous motor having a plurality of windings and a motor driving device for driving the synchronous motor includes: a switching unit for making and breaking the connection between the motor driving device and the synchronous motor; a dynamic brake circuit including resistors and switches, to short-circuit the plurality of windings between the switching unit and the synchronous motor via the resistors; and a control device for controlling the switching unit and the dynamic brake circuit. The control device controls the switches in the dynamic brake circuit to short-circuit the plurality of windings, and then controls the switching unit to cut off the connection between the motor driving device and the synchronous motor.

A method and a device for monitoring the rotational speed of an element are disclosed. The element may be part of a centrifuge, e.g. a motor, drive shaft, or rotor of a laboratory centrifuge. The rotational speed of the element is not determined directly, but rather clock cycles are counted while the element rotates by a predetermined rotational angle. Exceeding a predetermined rotational speed is determined by comparing a number of counted cycles with a predetermined value. The method and device can be implemented in hardware without requiring a microcontroller with corresponding software, thereby eliminating a need to software certification.

Power tools including a housing, a motor, a power circuit supplying operating power to the motor through a triac, a speed sensor configured to detect a speed of the motor, a speed selector, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor is configured to determine a selected speed and set a present conduction angle of the triac to an initial conduction angle corresponding to the selected speed. The electronic processor is also configured to determine whether the speed is decreasing and determine whether the present conduction angle is below a maximum conduction angle corresponding to the selected speed when the speed is decreasing. The electronic processor is further configured to increase the present conduction angle when the present conduction angle is below the maximum conduction angle and maintain the present conduction angle at the maximum conduction angle when the present conduction angle is at or above the maximum conduction angle.

A drive controller comprises an evaluation unit to receive and evaluate a first item of feedback information from a motor connected to the drive controller, a control-signal block connected to secure inputs of the drive controller to receive condition control signals and to provide the condition control signals as input signals, a drive-signal block connected to the evaluation unit to calculate a first speed and/or a first position on the basis of the first item of feedback information on at least a first channel and to provide a first speed signal and/or a first position signal, a programmable logic unit connected to the control-signal block and the drive-signal block to realize the safety functions and the speed signal and/or the position signal to provide switch-off signals, and an output unit connected to the logic unit and to secure outputs of the drive controller to output switch-off signals on safety-switch-off paths.