IP Library Granted Patent US 7,781,996
Granted Patent B2
US 7,781,996 · App. 11/767,041 · Granted Aug 24, 2010

Speed control device for electric motor

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Patent No.
US 7,781,996
App. No.
11/767,041
Granted
Aug 24, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a speed control device including a speed instruction generating unit, an addition computing unit, a speed control unit, a current controlling unit, an inertia estimating unit, an inertia setting unit, a switching unit and a constant setting unit, when it is possible to perform accelerating or decelerating operation of the electric motor to estimate the inertia moments of the electric motor and a driving target thereof, an operation is carried out to derive an inertia moment estimation value. The proportional gain of the speed control unit is set through the switching unit and the constant setting unit on the basis of the inertia moment estimation value. When it is impossible to perform the above operation, the proportional gain of the speed control unit is set through the switching unit and the constant setting unit on the basis of the inertia moment manual set value.

Claims (9)

1. A speed control device for variably controlling the speed of an electric motor by using a speed control unit in which at least a control constant is changeable, comprising:

an inertia estimating unit for estimating the total of inertia moments of the electric motor and a driving target thereof, and outputting the estimated total inertia moment as an inertia moment estimation value,

an inertia setting unit for manually setting an inertia moment by an operator and outputting the manually set inertia moment as an inertia moment manual set value;

a switching unit for switching to and outputting one of the inertial moment estimation value and the inertia moment manual set value in accordance with whether the inertia moment can be estimated or not; and

a constant setting unit for setting a control constant of the speed control unit on the basis of the output value of the switching unit.

2. The speed control device for the electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein when the electric motor is controlled to carry out an accelerating or decelerating operation by the speed control unit, the inertia estimating unit derives the inertia moment estimation value on the basis of a torque instruction value output from the speed control unit and the speed detection value or the speed estimation value of the electric motor.

3. The speed control device for the electric motor according to claim 2 , wherein the speed control unit is constructed by any one of a proportional computing unit and a proportional integration computing unit, and the constant setting unit sets the proportional gain of any one of the computing units on the basis of a value proportional to the output value of the switching unit.

4. The speed control device for the electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein the speed control unit is constructed by any one of a proportional computing unit and a proportional integration computing unit, and the constant setting unit sets the proportional gain of any one of the computing units on the basis of a value proportional to the output value of the switching unit.

5. The speed control device for the electric motor according to claim 1 , wherein the manual setting is carried out by calculating the overall inertia moment containing the load with a shaft of the motor as a reference.

Assignments (3)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2011
From: FUJI ELECTRIC SYSTEMS CO., LTD. (FES); FUJI TECHNOSURVEY CO., LTD. (MERGER BY ABSORPTION)
To: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026970/0872 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2009
From: FUJI ELECTRIC FA COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
To: FUJI ELECTRIC SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022331/0232 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2007
From: TAJIMA, HIROKAZU
To: FUJI ELECTRIC FA COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019666/0929 →