Control method of gas pressure actuator and control calculation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11655832-B2
Application number	US-202117542010-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2021
Priority date	Dec 7, 2020
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

Abstract

A control calculation device performs a calculation of compensating for a volume change amount of each pressure chamber caused by a positional change of a pressure receiving plate inside a cylinder chamber for each position command value applied to two servo amplifiers, outputs each of the compensated position command values to the two servo amplifiers, and executes origin positioning for a position of a slider in order to compensate for the volume change amount.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control method of a gas pressure actuator which includes a guide portion and a slider configured to move along the guide portion, and in which a cylinder chamber is formed between the guide portion and the slider, a pressure receiving plate for partitioning the cylinder chamber into two pressure chambers in a moving direction is provided in one of the guide portion and the slider, and the slider is driven by a differential pressure between the two pressure chambers by allowing compressed gas to enter and exit each of the two pressure chambers via two servo valves, the gas pressure actuator including
a position sensor for detecting a position of the slider,
two servo amplifiers for controlling each of the two servo valves, and
a control calculation device that receives a position detection signal from the position sensor and outputs a position command value to the two servo amplifiers, the control method comprising:
causing the control calculation device to
perform a calculation of compensating for a volume change amount of each pressure chamber caused by a positional change of the pressure receiving plate inside the cylinder chamber, for each position command value applied to the two servo amplifiers, and thereafter
output each of compensated position command values to the two servo amplifiers,
execute origin positioning for the position of the slider in order to compensate for the volume change amount, and
switch a gain at a time when each position command value applied to the two servo amplifiers is calculated based on the position detection signal from the position sensor, before and after a completion of the origin positioning.

2. A control method of a gas pressure actuator which includes a guide portion and a slider configured to move along the guide portion, and in which a cylinder chamber is formed between the guide portion and the slider, a pressure receiving plate for partitioning the cylinder chamber into two pressure chambers in a moving direction is provided in one of the guide portion and the slider, and the slider is driven by a differential pressure between the two pressure chambers by allowing compressed gas to enter and exit each of the two pressure chambers via two servo valves, the gas pressure actuator including
a position sensor for detecting a position of the slider,
two servo amplifiers for controlling each of the two servo valves, and
a control calculation device that receives a position detection signal from the position sensor and outputs a position command value to the two servo amplifiers, the control method comprising:
causing the control calculation device to switch a gain at a time when each position command value applied to the two servo amplifiers is calculated based on the position detection signal from the position sensor, before and after a completion of origin positioning for the position of the slider.

3. A control calculation device for a gas pressure actuator which includes a guide portion and a slider configured to move along the guide portion, and in which a cylinder chamber is formed between the guide portion and the slider, a pressure receiving plate for partitioning the cylinder chamber into two pressure chambers in a moving direction is provided in one of the guide portion and the slider, and the slider is driven by a differential pressure between the two pressure chambers by allowing compressed gas to enter and exit each of the two pressure chambers via two servo valves, the gas pressure actuator including
a position sensor for detecting a position of the slider, and
two servo amplifiers for controlling each of the two servo valves, the control calculation device receiving a position detection signal from the position sensor and outputting a position command value to the two servo amplifiers, wherein
the control calculation device is configured to
perform a calculation of compensating for a volume change amount of each pressure chamber caused by a positional change of the pressure receiving plate inside the cylinder chamber for each position command value applied to the two servo amplifiers, and thereafter
output each of compensated position command values to the two servo amplifiers,
execute origin positioning for the position of the slider in order to compensate for the volume change amount, and
switch a gain at a time when each position command value applied to the two servo amplifiers is calculated based on the position detection signal from the position sensor, before and after a completion of the origin positioning.

4. A control calculation device for a gas pressure actuator which includes a guide portion and a slider configured to move along the guide portion, and in which a cylinder chamber is formed between the guide portion and the slider, a pressure receiving plate for partitioning the cylinder chamber into two pressure chambers in a moving direction is provided in one of the guide portion and the slider, and the slider is driven by a differential pressure between the two pressure chambers by allowing compressed gas to enter and exit each of the two pressure chambers via two servo valves, the gas pressure actuator including
a position sensor for detecting a position of the slider, and
two servo amplifiers for controlling each of the two servo valves, the control calculation device receiving a position detection signal from the position sensor and outputting a position command value to the two servo amplifiers, wherein
the control calculation device is configured to
switch a gain at a time when each position command value applied to the two servo amplifiers is calculated based on the position detection signal from the position sensor, before and after a completion of origin positioning for the position of the slider.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Heavy Industries

Inventors

• Yoshida Tatsuya
• Hamada Shinya

Classifications

• F15B15/084

  the motor being of the rodless piston type, e.g. with cable, belt or chain · CPC title

• F15B2211/8855

  Compressible fluids, e.g. specific to pneumatics · CPC title

• F15B2211/3057

  having two valves, one for each port of a double-acting output member · CPC title

• F15B2211/365

  Directional control combined with flow control and pressure control · CPC title

• F15B2211/6656

  Closed loop control, i.e. control using feedback · CPC title