Compact electric sanding machine

1. A hand-held sanding machine, comprising:

an outer housing ( 1 );

a tool shaft ( 2 ) having an eccentrically positioned tool holder; and

a brushless electric drive motor having a stator ( 6 ) positioned in the outer housing ( 1 ), having a rotor ( 7 ) fastened to the tool shaft ( 2 ), and lacking a shaft of its own and further including a control unit ( 15 ), where the mains voltage is rectified and the following capacitor (C 2 ) is so small that the voltage follows the rectified mains voltage and thus current is consumed from the network during the time when the voltage is loaded, characterized in that the motor is dimensioned in such a way that the nominal voltage of the motor is so much lower than the top value of the rectified mains voltage in relation to the required power that sufficient power correction is obtained when current is consumed during that part of the cycle when the voltage is higher than the nominal voltage of the motor and no current is consumed when the voltage is lower than the nominal voltage of the motor.

2. A sanding machine according to claim 1 , wherein the motor is slotless.

3. A sanding machine according to claim 1 , wherein the motor is cooled by a blower ( 9 ) mounted on the tool shaft ( 2 ).

4. A sanding machine according to claim 1 , wherein the stator ( 6 ) is cooled by cooling air flowing through a slot generated between the inside of the outer housing ( 1 ) and the outside of the stator ( 6 ).

5. A sanding machine according to claim 1 , wherein the stator ( 6 ) forms the outer housing ( 1 ).

6. A sanding machine according to claim 5 , wherein the stator ( 6 ) has built-in cooling channels.

7. A sanding machine according to claim 1 , further comprising a grinding disc ( 3 ) mounted on the tool shaft ( 2 ) eccentrically freely rotationally.

8. A sanding machine according to claim 1 , further comprising a grinding disc ( 3 ) with or without reduction gear mounted on the tool shaft ( 2 ) to generate rotating movement.

9. A sanding machine according to claim 1 , further comprising a control unit that maintains a constant speed of rotation of the motor irrespective of the load on the motor.

10. A sanding machine according to claim 1 , characterized in that the relation between current and voltage is optimized in that part of the cycle in which the voltage is higher than the nominal voltage of the motor so that smallest harmonic component possible is generated, and thus also the best possible power correction is obtained.

11. A sanding machine according to claim 1 , characterized in that power correction is carried out also during that time when the rectified voltage is lower than the nominal voltage of the motor.

12. A sanding machine according to claim 1 , characterized in that the switched power aggregate uses only the motor's own inductance (L 1 ) as the inductive component in the switching.

13. A hand-held sanding machine according to claim 1 wherein,

the motor is controlled by a sensorless control unit.

14. A sanding machine according to claim 13 , characterized in that the motor is controlled by a sensorless control unit so that the position of the rotor in the electronic commutation is determined by the voltage generated in the phase that is not conducting.

15. A sanding machine according to claim 13 , characterized in that the motor is controlled by a sensorless control unit so that the position of the rotor in the electronic commutation is determined by the currents generated in the different phases or the relation between current and voltage in the phases.

16. A control method for an electric sanding machine, which method comprises rectification of the mains voltage and switched motor control, characterized by the motor being dimensioned in such a way that the nominal voltage of the motor is so much lower than the top value of the rectified mains voltage in relation to the required power that sufficient power correction is obtained when current is consumed during that part of the cycle when the voltage is higher than the nominal voltage of the motor and no current is consumed when the voltage is lower than the nominal voltage of the motor.

17. A control method according to claim 16 , characterized by the relation between current and voltage is optimized in that part of the cycle in which the voltage is higher than the nominal voltage of the motor so that smallest harmonic components possible are generated and, thus also the best possible power correction is obtained.