Abnormality diagnosis apparatus and abnormality diagnosis method
An abnormality diagnosis apparatus includes: a model acceleration calculation unit to calculate model acceleration that is a predicted value of motor acceleration; a motor acceleration calculation unit to calculate the motor acceleration from one of position information and speed information on a motor; and an abnormality determination unit to diagnose whether a power transmission mechanism is abnormal on the basis of the result of comparison between the motor acceleration and the model acceleration.
1. An abnormality diagnosis apparatus comprising:
a model acceleration calculator to calculate model acceleration that is a predicted value of motor acceleration of a motor, the motor being connected to a load by a power transmission mechanism, and the motor, the power transmission mechanism, and the load collectively comprising a control target;
a motor acceleration calculator to calculate the motor acceleration from one of position information and speed information on the motor;
the model acceleration calculator including a control system simulator to calculate the model acceleration in accordance with a position command sent to an individual-shaft control system, the control system simulator including a control target simulator that is a model of the control target, including the motor, the power transmission mechanism, and the load, viewed from a shaft of the motor; and
an abnormality determiner to diagnose whether the power transmission mechanism included in the control target is abnormal on a basis of a result of comparison between the motor acceleration and the model acceleration.
2. The abnormality diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a model corrector to calculate a friction parameter detection value of the motor as a friction parameter identified value by performing an identification process, wherein
the control target simulator modifies an estimated friction associated with an each shaft direction in which the motor is driven in accordance with the friction parameter identified value calculated by the model corrector.
3. The abnormality diagnosis apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the model acceleration calculator further comprises a displacement corrector to calculate a speed command value and an acceleration command value as a position parameter value in accordance with the position command, and
the control target simulator modifies the position parameter value in accordance with the friction parameter identified value calculated by the model corrector.
4. The abnormality diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage to store operation information on the motor when an operation is normal; and
a model corrector to calculate the operation information as an initial friction parameter identified value by performing an identification process, and store the calculated initial friction parameter identified value in the storage, wherein
the model acceleration calculator calculates model acceleration of the power transmission mechanism by performing a predicted value calculation process in accordance with the initial friction parameter identified value calculated by the model corrector and the operation information stored in the storage.
5. The abnormality diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the abnormality determiner includes a high-pass filter to pass a signal component with a frequency higher than a preset frequency among signal components of the motor acceleration, and
when a signal component that passes through the high-pass filter is detected, the abnormality determiner diagnoses whether the power transmission mechanism is abnormal in accordance with the detected signal component.
6. The abnormality diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the abnormality determiner includes a frequency analyzer to perform frequency analysis on vibration in the power transmission mechanism, and
the abnormality determiner diagnoses whether the power transmission mechanism is abnormal on a basis of transition of a peak frequency obtained by the frequency analyzer.
7. The abnormality diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the abnormality determiner includes a non-dimensional symptom parameter calculator to calculate a non-dimensional symptom parameter by using a statistic obtained from the model acceleration calculator, and
the abnormality determiner diagnose whether the power transmission mechanism is abnormal on a basis of a result of comparison between the non-dimensional symptom parameter and a predetermined threshold.
8. The abnormality diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 comprising:
a threshold changer to switch a threshold in the abnormality determiner to one of two or more threshold values, the threshold being used for determining whether the abnormality occurs, wherein
the threshold to be output by the threshold changer is determined on a basis of a command to cause the control target to operate, the command being generated by a command generator.
9. The abnormality diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 comprising:
a threshold changer to switch a threshold in the abnormality determiner to one of two or more threshold values, the threshold being used for determining whether the abnormality occurs, wherein
the threshold is specified by a program to cause the control target to operate, the program being generated by a program generator.
10. An abnormality diagnosis method comprising:
calculating model acceleration that is a predicted value of motor acceleration of a motor, the motor being connected to a load by a power transmission mechanism, and the motor, the power transmission mechanism, and the load collectively comprising a control target;
calculating the motor acceleration from one of position information and speed information on the motor, the model acceleration calculating including a control system simulating to calculate the model acceleration in accordance with a position command sent to an individual-shaft control system, the control system simulating including a control target simulating based on a model of the control target, including the motor, the power transmission mechanism, and the load, viewed from a shaft of the motor; and
diagnosing whether a power transmission mechanism included in the control target is abnormal on a basis of a result of comparison between the motor acceleration and the model acceleration.
11. The abnormality diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a program generator to generate a program for causing the control target to operate;
a command generator to generate the position command for each shaft that is an instantaneous command to cause the control target to operate, on a basis of an operation instruction described in the program generated by the program generator; and
a threshold changer to switch a threshold used for determining whether the abnormality occurs in the abnormality determiner to one of two or more threshold values, on a basis of the position command for each shaft.
12. The abnormality diagnosis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the model acceleration calculator includes a differentiator at a stage subsequent to the control system simulator,
the control system simulator outputs, to the differentiator, an estimated value of motor displacement that takes into account characteristics of feedforward control and feedback control in accordance with the position command sent to the individual-shaft control system, and
the differentiator performs time differentiation twice on the estimated value of motor displacement to calculate the model acceleration.
13. The abnormality diagnosis apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the non-dimensional symptom parameter is at least one of form factor, impact index, crest factor, skewness, and kurtosis, and
the abnormality determiner calculates the non-dimensional symptom parameters in a section specified separately or in each predetermined period.