Brake diagnosis device and brake diagnosis method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9537431-B2
Application number	US-201514952841-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2015
Priority date	Nov 28, 2014
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

This disclosure discloses a brake diagnosis device configured to diagnose a brake of a motor with a brake. The brake diagnosis device includes a brake control part, a diagnosis part, and a signal output part. The brake control part is configured to actuate or release the brake. The diagnosis part is configured to diagnose a presence or absence of an abnormality of the brake while the brake is actuated by the brake control part. The signal output part is configured to output a signal related to a brake abnormality after the brake is released by the brake control part in a case that the diagnosis part diagnoses the brake as having an abnormality.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A brake diagnosis device comprising:
a brake control part configured to actuate or release a brake of a motor with the brake;
a diagnosis part configured to diagnose a presence or absence of an abnormality of the brake while the brake is actuated by the brake control part;
a signal output part configured to output a signal related to a brake abnormality after the brake is released by the brake control part in a case that the diagnosis part diagnoses the brake as having an abnormality;
a position detector configured to detect a motor position of the motor;
a position control part configured to generate a velocity command based on a position command and a detection position input from the position detector; and
a position command output part configured to output to the position control part a first position command for moving the motor position by a predetermined amount from a diagnosis start position when the diagnosis part diagnoses the presence or absence of an abnormality of the brake, and to output a second position command for returning the motor position to the diagnosis start position after a diagnosis by the diagnosis part.

2. The brake diagnosis device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the brake control part releases the brake when the diagnosis part diagnoses that the brake has an abnormality.

3. The brake diagnosis device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the diagnosis part includes:
a calculation part configured to calculate, based on the detection position, a movement amount of the motor position from the diagnosis start position; and
a determination part configured to compare the movement amount calculated by the calculation part with a threshold value and to determine the presence or absence of an abnormality of the brake.

4. The brake diagnosis device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the position command output part outputs to the position control part the first position command while the brake is actuated by the brake control part.

5. The brake diagnosis device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a speed control part configured to generate a torque command based on the velocity command and a detection speed based on the detection position; and
a torque limitation part configured to start torque limitation for limiting a command torque of the torque command to a torque limitation value or less in a case that the position command output part starts outputting the first position command, and to cancel the torque limitation in a case that the position command output part stops outputting the first position command.

6. The brake diagnosis device according to claim 5 , wherein:
the position command output part stops the output of the first position command in a case that the diagnosis part diagnoses the brake as having an abnormality during output of the first position command.

7. The brake diagnosis device according to claim 6 , wherein:
after the output of the first position command is stopped and the brake control part releases the brake, the position command output part outputs to the position control part the second position command.

8. The brake diagnosis device according to claim 7 , wherein:
the signal output part outputs the signal related to a brake abnormality when the detection position reaches the diagnosis start position.

9. The brake diagnosis device according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a timer part configured to count a time elapsed from a time point of actuation of the brake by the brake control part, and
the position command output part starts outputting the first position command when the timer part has counted the elapse of the first waiting time.

10. The brake diagnosis device according to claim 9 , wherein:
the timer part counts a time elapsed from a time point of release of the brake B by the brake control part, and
the position command output part starts outputting the second position command when the timer part has counted the elapse of a second waiting time.

11. A brake diagnosis method comprising:
actuating a brake of a motor with the brake;
diagnosing a presence or absence of an abnormality of the brake in an actuated state of the brake;
releasing the brake in a case that the brake is diagnosed as having an abnormality;
outputting a signal related to a brake abnormality after release of the brake;
detecting a motor position of the motor;
generating a velocity command based on a position command and a detection position of the motor; and
outputting a first position command for moving the motor position by a predetermined amount from a diagnosis start position when the presence or absence of an abnormality of the brake is diagnosed; and
outputting a second position command for returning the motor position to the diagnosis start position after a diagnosis.

Assignees

• Yaskawa Electric Corp

Inventors

• Sawamura Mitsujiro
• Watanabe Junichi
• Horimai Daichi

Classifications

• G05B19/406

  characterised by monitoring or safety (G05B19/19 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16D2121/22

  for releasing a normally applied brake · CPC title

• F16D59/02

  spring-loaded and adapted to be released by mechanical, fluid, or electromagnetic means · CPC title

• F16D2055/0058

  Fully lined, i.e. braking surface extending over the entire disc circumference · CPC title

• B25J19/06

  Safety devices · CPC title