G05B2219/42289

Numerical control system of industrial machine
11531323 · 2022-12-20 · ·

Provided is a numerical control system of an industrial machine that makes it possible to eliminate overshoot occurred at the time of stopping, thereby preventing interference of the machine, for example, in a case in which the torque of a motor such as a servomotor used in a feed axis of a machine tool is limited by a command unit of a CNC. A numerical control system of an industrial machine includes a command unit and a control unit configured to control driving of a motor of the industrial machine in accordance with a command from the command unit, and to perform position control by receiving a command of an end point position from the command unit or without receiving a command of the end point position from the command unit, and the control unit includes an in-deceleration torque limit release unit that, in a case of performing torque limitation of the motor, releases the torque limitation only during deceleration.

Piezoelectric drive device, driving method thereof, robot, and driving method thereof
09827672 · 2017-11-28 · ·

A piezoelectric drive device includes a piezoelectric drive portion which includes a contact portion capable of coming into contact with a driven body and a piezoelectric material, and a drive circuit which drives the piezoelectric drive portion. The drive circuit sets an allowable maximum output torque Tlim or less to an allowable output torque range, sets output torque Td of the piezoelectric drive portion so as to be within the allowable output torque range, and operates the piezoelectric drive portion. The allowable maximum output torque Tlim is expressed by the following Expression (1).
Tlim=rμk×Ns×fs  (1)
In the expression, r1 is a distance between a rotation center of the driven body and a contact position of the contact portion, μk is a dynamic friction coefficient between the driven body and the contact portion, Ns is a pressing force by which the contact portion presses the driven body when an operation of the piezoelectric drive portion stops, and fs is a coefficient of 1 or less.

MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PROTECTING PROCESS FACE AT THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE OF ABNORMAL LOAD
20170235287 · 2017-08-17 · ·

A motor control apparatus controlling a motor driving a machine tool includes, an abnormal load detecting unit that detects an abnormal load by monitoring a load of the motor, a retract amount storing unit that stores a plurality of retract amounts used when the machine tool performs a retract operation in response to detection of an abnormal load by the abnormal load detecting unit, a retract amount switching unit that switches a retract amount selected from the plurality of retract amounts in accordance with a result of determination of whether the machine tool is processing or not, and a retract amount adding unit that adds a retract amount selected by switching of the retract amount switching unit to an instruction value indicative of a movement amount of the machine tool.

Electric machine and display method
09733635 · 2017-08-15 · ·

An electric machine according to the embodiment includes: a motor; a current controller supplying a current to the motor; a detector detecting a position, a speed, or an acceleration of a shaft of the motor; a controller calculating a torque parameter indicating a torque of the motor based on a current instruction that specifies a supply current to the motor and calculating a speed parameter indicating a rotational speed of the shaft of the motor based on a detection result from the detector; and a display part displaying a graph showing a relation between the torque parameter and the speed parameter.

Mechanical equipment control system, control apparatus for mechanical equipment, and method for controlling mechanical equipment

A mechanical equipment control system includes a mechanical apparatus, a load ratio detection circuit, and an integration control circuit. The mechanical apparatus includes a motor which is configured to drive the mechanical apparatus. The load ratio detection circuit is configured to detect a load ratio of the motor. The integration control circuit is configured to control the mechanical apparatus based on an operation parameter while keeping the load ratio in an allowable load state.

Limiting Arm Forces and Torques

A computer-implemented method includes generating a joint-torque-limit model for the articulated arm based on allowable joint torque sets corresponding to a base pose of the base. The method also include receiving a first requested joint torque set for a first arm pose of the articulated arm and determining, using the joint-torque-limit model, an optimized joint torque set corresponding to the first requested joint torque set. The method also includes receiving a second requested joint torque set for a second arm pose of the articulated arm and generating an adjusted joint torque set by adjusting the second requested joint torque set based on the optimized joint torque set. The method also includes sending the adjusted joint torque set to the articulated arm.

VARIABLE SPEED DRIVE AND TORQUE SENSOR

Examples include a method for controlling a variable speed drive of an electric motor. The variable speed drive is connected to a torque sensor for sensing a torque supplied by the electric motor. The method includes performing, by the electric motor, a predetermined torque sequence. The method also includes measuring, by the torque sensor, a measured torque sequence corresponding to the predetermined torque sequence, and comparing the predetermined torque sequence and the measured torque sequence. As a result of the comparison, one or more torque sensor transfer function parameters are determined.

Robot
20210242813 · 2021-08-05 ·

A robot includes a motor driven by a three-phase alternating current, an AC conversion section configured to convert a direct current into a three-phase alternating current and output the three-phase alternating current to the motor, a first detecting section configured to detect a current value of the direct current before being input to the AC conversion section, a second detecting section configured to detect a current value of the direct current before being input to the AC conversion section or the three-phase alternating current output by the AC conversion section, a power-supply adjusting section configured to adjust power supply to the motor, and a control section configured to control operation of the power-supply adjusting section based on at least one of a detection result of the first detecting section and a detection result of the second detecting section.

NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM OF INDUSTRIAL MACHINE
20200293026 · 2020-09-17 · ·

Provided is a numerical control system of an industrial machine that makes it possible to eliminate overshoot occurred at the time of stopping, thereby preventing interference of the machine, for example, in a case in which the torque of a motor such as a servomotor used in a feed axis of a machine tool is limited by a command unit of a CNC. A numerical control system of an industrial machine includes a command unit and a control unit configured to control driving of a motor of the industrial machine in accordance with a command from the command unit, and to perform position control by receiving a command of an end point position from the command unit or without receiving a command of the end point position from the command unit, and the control unit includes an in-deceleration torque limit release unit that, in a case of performing torque limitation of the motor, releases the torque limitation only during deceleration.

MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS FOR MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

A mechanical equipment control system includes a mechanical apparatus, a load ratio detection circuit, and an integration control circuit. The mechanical apparatus includes a motor which is configured to drive the mechanical apparatus. The load ratio detection circuit is configured to detect a load ratio of the motor. The integration control circuit is configured to control the mechanical apparatus based on an operation parameter while keeping the load ratio in an allowable load state.