Servo amplifier selection device in system including multiple converter units

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10868481-B2
Application number	US-201916546298-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2019
Priority date	Sep 26, 2018
Publication date	Dec 15, 2020
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020

Abstract

A servo amplifier selection device includes: an amplifier group allocation section configured to allocate each of a plurality of motors to any one of a plurality of amplifier groups based on an amplifier group number; a total rated output calculation section configured to calculate, for each of the plurality of amplifier groups, a total value of rated outputs of the motors allocated to the amplifier group; a common power source selection section configured to, for each of a plurality of common power sources, selects the common power source that has a magnitude of the power source capacity satisfies a condition of being equal to or greater than the total value of each of the plurality of amplifier groups; and a display control section configured to get the selected common power source to be displayed in a display unit for each of the plurality of amplifier groups.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A servo amplifier selection device comprising:
an amplifier group allocation section configured to allocate each of a plurality of motors to any one of a plurality of amplifier groups on the basis of an amplifier group number input from an input unit;
a total rated output calculation section configured to calculate, for each of the plurality of amplifier groups, a total value of rated outputs of the motors allocated to the amplifier group;
a common power source selection section configured to determine, for each of a plurality of common power sources each having a predetermined power source capacity, whether a magnitude of the power source capacity satisfies a condition of being equal to or greater than the total value of each of the plurality of amplifier groups and configured to select one or a plurality of common power sources satisfying the condition; and
a display control section configured to get the selected one or the plurality of common power sources to be identifiably displayed in a display unit for each of the plurality of amplifier groups.

2. The servo amplifier selection device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a required number calculation section configured to calculate a minimum required number of common power sources on the basis of a total rated output obtained by adding up the rated outputs of the plurality of motors and of a maximum power source capacity of the common power source, wherein
the display control section gets the calculated minimum required number of common power sources to be displayed in the display unit.

3. The servo amplifier selection device of claim 1 , wherein
the rated output includes at least one type of output value of a continuous rated output, a 30-minute rated output, or a peak output.

4. The servo amplifier selection device of claim 3 , wherein
when the rated output includes a plurality of types of output value, the total value is a maximum value, among total values of each of the plurality of types of output value for each of the amplifier groups.

5. The servo amplifier selection device of claim 1 , wherein
when the total value exceeds a maximum power source capacity of the common power source, the display control section gets a warning screen to be displayed in the display unit.

6. The servo amplifier selection device of claim 1 , wherein
the motor includes at least one of a servo motor or a spindle motor.

7. The servo amplifier selection device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an amplifier selection section configured to select one or a plurality of first amplifiers, from among a plurality of the first amplifiers, each having a predetermined capacity, each being housed in a housing of a predetermined width, and each having a function to drive one motor, for each of one or a plurality of the motors allocated to a single amplifier group among the plurality of amplifier groups, wherein
the amplifier selection section selects the one or the plurality of first amplifiers having a capacity equal to or greater than a rated output of the motor and having a total value of widths of the housings of the plurality of first amplifiers being minimized.

8. The servo amplifier selection device of claim 7 , further comprising:
a second amplifier having a capacity equal to or greater than a total value of capacities of the plurality of first amplifiers, being housed in a housing of a predetermined width, and having a function to drive a plurality of motors, wherein
when a total value of the widths of the housings of the plurality of first amplifiers configured to respectively drive the plurality of motors is greater than a width of the housing of the one second amplifier configured to drive the plurality of motors, the amplifier selection section replaces the plurality of first amplifiers with the second amplifier.

9. The servo amplifier selection device of claim 8 , wherein
the first amplifier or the second amplifier is replaceable with a third amplifier, the third amplifier including the common power source being integrated with the first amplifier and the second amplifier, the third amplifier being housed in a housing of a predetermined width, and
when a total value of the widths of the housings of the first amplifier or the second amplifier is greater than the width of the housing of the third amplifier, the amplifier selection section replaces the first amplifier or the second amplifier with the third amplifier.

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Tanouchi Hironao
• Mizukami Shinichi

Classifications

• H02P4/00

  Arrangements specially adapted for regulating or controlling the speed or torque of electric motors that can be connected to two or more different electric power supplies (vector control H02P21/00) · CPC title

• H02P5/46 Primary

  for speed regulation of two or more dynamo-electric motors in relation to one another · CPC title

• H02P5/00 Primary

  Arrangements specially adapted for regulating or controlling the speed or torque of two or more electric motors (H02P6/04, H02P8/40 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02P8/40 Primary

  Special adaptations for controlling two or more stepping motors · CPC title