Motor control apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9342057-B2
Application number	US-201414464707-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2014
Priority date	Feb 24, 2012
Publication date	May 17, 2016
Grant date	May 17, 2016

Abstract

This disclosure discloses a motor control apparatus including a controller. The controller includes a position controller and a speed controller. The controller is configured to control the inverter on the basis of the torque command. The controller includes a torque limiter configured to start first torque limitation which limits a commanded torque based on the torque command to a first torque or less in a case where the voltage detector detects that the DC voltage falls below a predetermined voltage, and to cancel the first torque limitation in a case where the voltage detector detects that the DC voltage exceeds the predetermined voltage. The controller includes a speed limiter configured to limit a commanded speed based on the speed command to a first speed or less in a case where the torque limiter cancels the first torque limitation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor control apparatus comprising:
a main circuit including a converter configured to convert AC power supply into DC power supply, a smoothing capacitor connected in parallel with the DC power supply, and an inverter configured to convert the DC power supply into AC power supply to drive a motor;
a voltage detector configured to detect DC voltage of the main circuit; and
a controller including a position controller configured to generate a speed command on the basis of a positional command and a motor position, and a speed controller configured to generate a torque command on the basis of the speed command and a motor speed, the controller being configured to control the inverter on the basis of the torque command,
the controller includes:
a torque limiter configured to start first torque limitation which limits a commanded torque based on the torque command to a first torque or less in a case where the voltage detector detects that the DC voltage falls below a predetermined voltage, and to cancel the first torque limitation in a case where the voltage detector detects that the DC voltage exceeds the predetermined voltage; and
a speed limiter configured to limit a commanded speed based on the speed command to a first speed or less in a case where the torque limiter cancels the first torque limitation.

2. The motor control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller includes
a limit value varying part configured to vary a speed limit value of the speed limiter in a manner such that the commanded speed changes from a second speed, which is the motor speed at the time of cancellation of the first torque limitation, to the first speed at a predetermined acceleration or deceleration.

3. The motor control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller includes
a gain adjustor configured to reduce at least one of a loop gain of the position controller and a loop gain of the speed controller, in the case where the torque limiter cancels the first torque limitation or in the case where the speed limiter starts the speed limitation.

4. The motor control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller includes
a change relaxing part configured to relax a sudden change in the commanded speed on the basis of at least one of the motor position and the motor speed, in a case where the commanded speed falls outside commanded speed limitation.

5. The motor control apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the change relaxing part serves as a limit value varying part configured to vary a speed limit value of the speed limiter in a manner such that the commanded speed decelerates from the first speed at a predetermined deceleration, in a case where a positional deviation between the positional command and the motor position falls below a deceleration distance, which is a distance necessary for the motor to stop if the commanded speed is decelerated from the first speed at the predetermined deceleration.

6. The motor control apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the controller includes a low-pass filter configured to remove a high frequency component in the speed command, and
the change relaxing part serves as a function enabling processor configured to enable a filter function of the low-pass filter at a time when the speed limiter starts the speed limitation.

7. The motor control apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the change relaxing part serves as a function enabling processor configured to enable second torque limitation which limits the commanded torque to a second torque or more, at a time when the speed limiter starts the speed limitation.

8. The motor control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller includes
a function disabling processor configured to cancel the speed limitation performed by the speed limiter, in a case where a positional deviation between the positional command and the motor position becomes a predetermined positional deviation or less, or to restore the loop gain to a value before the loop gain is reduced, or to disable the filter function, or to cancel the second torque limitation.

9. The motor control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller includes
a change relaxing part configured to relax a sudden change in the commanded speed on the basis of at least one of the motor position and the motor speed, in a case where the commanded speed falls outside commanded speed limitation.

10. The motor control apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the controller includes
a change relaxing part configured to relax a sudden change in the commanded speed on the basis of at least one of the motor position and the motor speed, in a case where the commanded speed falls outside commanded speed limitation.

11. The motor control apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein
the change relaxing part serves as a limit value varying part configured to vary a speed limit value of the speed limiter in a manner such that the commanded speed decelerates from the first speed at a predetermined deceleration, in a case where a positional deviation between the positional command and the motor position falls below a deceleration distance, which is a distance necessary for the motor to stop if the commanded speed is decelerated from the first speed at the predetermined deceleration.

12. The motor control apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein
the controller includes a low-pass filter configured to remove a high frequency component in the speed command, and
the change relaxing part serves as a function enabling processor configured to enable a filter function of the low-pass filter at a time when the speed limiter starts the speed limitation.

13. The motor control apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein
the change relaxing part serves as a function enabling processor configured to enable second torque limitation which limits the commanded torque to a second torque or more, at a time when the speed limiter starts the speed limitation.

14. The motor control apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein
the change relaxing part serves as a limit value varying part configured to vary a speed limit value of the speed limiter in a manner such that the commanded speed decelerates from the first speed at a predetermined deceleration, in a case where a positional deviation between the positional command and the motor position falls below a deceleration distance, which is a distance necessary for the motor to stop if the commanded speed is decelerated from the first speed at the predetermined deceleration.

15. The motor control apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein
the controller includes a low-pass filter configured to remove a high frequency component in the speed command, and
the change relaxing part serves as a function enabling processor configured to enable a filter function of the low-pass filter at a time when the speed limiter starts the speed limitation.

16. The motor control apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein
the change relaxing part serves as a function enabling processor configured to enable second torque limitation which limits the commanded torque to a second torque or more, at a time when the speed limiter starts the speed limitation.

17. The motor control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the controller includes
a function disabling processor configured to cancel the speed limitation performed by the speed limiter, in a case where a positional deviation between the positional command and the motor position becomes a predetermined positio

Assignees

• Yaskawa Denki Seisakusho Kk

Inventors

• KIRA Toshinobu
• Okubo Tadashi
• Takei Yasuyuki
• Akama Makoto

Classifications

• H02P29/032

  Preventing damage to the motor, e.g. setting individual current limits for different drive conditions · CPC title

• H02P6/28

  Arrangements for controlling current (H02P6/10 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02P29/10

  for preventing overspeed or under speed · CPC title

• G05B6/02 Primary

  electric · CPC title

• H02P29/025 Primary

  the fault being a power interruption · CPC title