IP Library Granted Patent US 8,872,064
Granted Patent B2
US 8,872,064 · App. 11/707,153 · Granted Oct 28, 2014

Positioning control system for moving element and laser drilling machine

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Patent No.
US 8,872,064
App. No.
11/707,153
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A positioning control system for positioning a moving element on a basis of position command data is provided with a feedback loop. The system is also provided with a loop gain modifier for determining a loop gain, which is to be used in a following positioning operation, on a basis of a difference between an amount of overshoot measured in a current positioning operation and a predetermined tolerance or on a basis of a difference between an amount of overshoot measured in a current positioning operation and a first predetermined tolerance and a difference between an amount of undershoot measured in the current positioning operation and a second predetermined tolerance. The first and second tolerances may preferably be the same in absolute value. The moving element may specifically be a steerable mirror for drilling holes in a work by reflecting a laser beam. Also disclosed is a laser drilling machine including the system.

Claims (26)

1. A positioning control system for positioning a moving element on a basis of position command data and being provided with a feedback loop, comprising:

a loop gain modifier for changing an existing coefficient α of loop gain at a discrete time in a constant sampling cycle, wherein first a new correction value Mn is obtained from the following formula:

Mn=M +( O max− NOv )· KP

where M is a stored correction value, Omax is a measured maximum overshoot, NOv is a predetermined nominal overshoot, and KP is a coefficient; and then

the existing coefficient α of the loop gain is changed by calculating a new coefficient α with the new correction value Mn from the following formula:

α=1 +Mn;

wherein said loop gain modifier changes the existing coefficient α of the loop gain when an absolute value s of the position command data is in a range H≧s≧h, where h is a predetermined first acceptance value, and H is a predetermined second acceptance value, but not when the absolute value s of the position command data is not in said range.

2. The positioning control system according to claim 1 , wherein said moving element is a steerable mirror for drilling holes in a work by reflecting a laser beam.

3. A positioning control system for positioning a moving element on a basis of position command data, said positioning control system being provided with a feedback loop, comprising:

a loop gain modifier for changing an existing coefficient α of loop gain at a discrete time in a constant sampling cycle, wherein first a new correction value Mn is obtained from the following formula:

Mn=M +( O max− NOv−U max+ NUv )· KP

where M is a stored correction value, Omax is a measured maximum overshoot, Umax is a measured maximum undershoot, NOv is a predetermined nominal overshoot, NUv is a predetermined nominal undershoot, and KP is a coefficient; and then

the existing coefficient α of the loop gain is replaced changed by calculating a new coefficient α with the new correction value Mn from the following formula:

α=1 +Mn;

wherein said loop gain modifier changes the existing coefficient α of the loop gain when an absolute value s of the position command data is H≧s≧h, where h is a predetermined first acceptance value, and H is a predetermined second acceptance value, but not when the absolute value s of the position command data is not in said range.

4. The positioning control system according to claim 3 , wherein said moving element is a steerable mirror for drilling holes in a work by reflecting a laser beam.

5. The positioning control system according to claim 3 , wherein a first absolute value of a first tolerance and a second absolute value of a second tolerance are the same as each other.

6. The positioning control system according to claim 5 , wherein, based on a distance or angle over which said moving element is to be moved in a current positioning operation, said loop gain modifier determines when a modification is to be performed and when no modification is to be performed.

7. The positioning control system according to claim 6 , wherein said moving element is a steerable mirror for drilling holes in a work by reflecting a laser beam.

8. The positioning control system according to claim 5 , wherein said moving element is a steerable mirror for drilling holes in a work by reflecting a laser beam.

9. A laser drilling machine comprising the positioning control system according to claim 1 .

10. A laser drilling machine comprising the positioning control system according to claim 2 .

11. A laser drilling machine comprising the positioning control system according to claim 3 .

12. A laser drilling machine comprising the positioning control system according to claim 4 .

13. A laser drilling machine comprising the positioning control system according to claim 7 .

14. A laser drilling machine comprising the positioning control system according to claim 8 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 3, 2014
From: HITACHI VIA MECHANICS, LTD.
To: VIA MECHANICS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 032600/0580 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 3, 2007
From: ONO, TAKASHI; TOYAMA, SOUICHI; OKUBO, YAICHI; HIRAI, HIROMU
To: HITACHI VIA MECHANICS, LTD.; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 019277/0458 →