Motor control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10965225-B2
Application number	US-201816477900-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 20, 2018
Priority date	Feb 21, 2017
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

This motor control devices provided with: a motor control unit which generates a command value on the basis of a motor drive command acquired from a PLC over a communication line; a drive unit which supplies motor drive voltage according to the command value; an interruption unit which interrupts transmission of the drive signal to the motor; a safety input unit which receives an emergency stop input operation over a control signal line; a reset input unit which receives a reset input operation; a determination unit which determines whether or not safety is maintained on the basis of input to the safety input unit; and a safety control unit which, when the safety input unit receives an emergency stop input operation, performs interruption processing of the drive signal through the interruption unit, and when the reset input unit receives a reset input operation, performs restart processing if safety is maintained.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor control device comprising:
a processor that is configured to,
communicate with a PLC via a communication line and generates a command value for driving a motor;
interrupt transfer of a drive signal to the motor;
receive an emergency stop input from an emergency stop switch via a control signal line different from the communication line;
receive a reset input operation from a user;
determine whether safety is maintained on the basis of a change in a state of the emergency stop input; and
execute a process of interrupting the drive signal when the emergency stop input is received, and performs a re-activation process when the reset input operation is received if safety is maintained; and
an insulated gate bipolar transistor that supplies a drive current for driving the motor to the motor according to the command value,
wherein the emergency stop input received from the emergency stop switch is duplexed as a first input and a second input, and
the processor determines that safety is maintained when a time difference between a closing of the first input and a closing of the second input is within a threshold time, and determines that safety is not maintained otherwise.

2. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor receives a signal indicating that the user has performed the reset input operation from a safety PLC via the communication line.

3. The motor control device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor receives the reset input operation from the user via a control signal line different from the communication line.

4. The motor control device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the processor notifies the PLC that the safety is not maintained.

5. The motor control device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the processor notifies the PLC that the safety is not maintained.

6. The motor control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor receives the reset input operation from the user via a control signal line different from the communication line.

7. The motor control device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the processor notifies the PLC that the safety is not maintained.

8. The motor control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor notifies the PLC that the safety is not maintained.

9. The motor control device according to claim 8 , wherein the processor also notifies the PLC of transition of the emergency stop input.

10. The motor control device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor also notifies the PLC of transition of the reset input operation.

11. The motor control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the processor is provided in a safety circuit board, and
the safety circuit board is removably attached to the main body side of the motor control device.

12. A motor control system comprising:
the PLC;
the motor, and
the motor control device according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Omron Tateisi Electronics Co

Inventors

• Hashimoto Minoru
• Akagi Tetsuya
• Jimbo Ryuichi

Classifications

• H02P29/024 Primary

  Detecting a fault condition, e.g. short circuit, locked rotor, open circuit or loss of load · CPC title

• G05B9/02

  electric · CPC title

• H02P3/18 Primary

  for stopping or slowing an AC motor · CPC title

• H02P29/027

  the fault being an over-current · CPC title