IP Library Granted Patent US 11,245,348
Granted Patent B2
US 11,245,348 · App. 16/811,260 · Granted Feb 8, 2022

Method for controlling a long-stator linear motor

Inventors: Stefan Flixeder (Eggelsberg, AT); Stefan Huber (Eggelsberg, AT); Alexander Almeder (Eggelsberg, AT)
Assignee: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
H02P25/064G01R31/343
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Patent No.
US 11,245,348
App. No.
16/811,260
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to improve control of a long-stator linear motor, a first measured value is ascertained in a first measurement section and a second measured value is ascertained in a second measurement section, in each case along a transport path in a movement direction. The first measurement section overlaps, in the movement direction, the second measurement section in an overlap region, and the first measured value and the second measured value represent the same actual value of a physical quantity. An operating parameter of the long-stator linear motor determined based on a deviation occurring between the first measured value and the second measured value.

Claims (18)

1. A method for controlling a long-stator linear motor, by a first measured value being ascertained in a first measurement section and a second measured value being ascertained in a second measurement section, in each case along a transport path in a movement direction,

wherein the first measurement section overlaps, in an overlap region in the movement direction, the second measurement section,

wherein the first measured value and the second measured value represent the same actual value of a physical quantity, and

wherein an operating parameter of the long-stator linear motor is determined based on a deviation occurring between the first measured value and the second measured value.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement sections are provided on opposite sides of the transport path.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the measurement sections are provided on the same side of the transport path.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an approximation of the actual value is determined as the operating parameter.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the first or the second measured value is selected as an approximation of the actual value.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the first or the second measured value is selected based on a classification of the respective measured values.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first or the second measured value is selected based on an expected accuracy of the respective measured values.

8. The method according to claim 4 , wherein each of the first and the second measured value is provided with a weighting factor, and wherein the approximation of the actual value is ascertained as the operating parameter from the first and the second measured value and from the associated weighting factor in each case.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the weighting factor comprises a model factor which is determined by the magnitude of a deviation of the associated measured value from a reference model.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the weighting factor comprises a geometry factor which is determined by the position of the relevant measured value in the associated measurement section.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the weighting factor comprises a statistical factor which is determined by a statistical distribution function.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the occurrence of interference and/or an error and/or wear on the long-stator linear motor is determined as the operating parameter.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in each case a position of a transport unit on the transport path is ascertained as the first and the second measured value.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in each case a speed and/or an acceleration of a transport unit on the transport path is ascertained as the first and the second measured value.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in each case a temperature and/or a current is ascertained as the first and the second measured value.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2025
From: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 070109/0889 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2020
From: FLIXEDER, STEFAN; HUBER, STEFAN; ALMEDER, ALEXANDER
To: B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION GMBH
Reel/Frame 052637/0050 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 19161181 · Mar 7, 2019 · regional
Continuity (1)
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Cited By (1)
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