Motor control apparatus having a function of detecting miswiring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9813010-B2
Application number	US-201615043719-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2016
Priority date	Feb 16, 2015
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

A motor control apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention is configured to be connected to a motor by a wiring line, and includes: a motor driving unit for driving a motor; a current command unit for commanding supply of current to the motor driving unit; and, a miswiring detecting unit for detecting miswiring of lines connected to motors by acquiring via wiring lines a signal indicating the motor temperature detected by a motor temperature detector provided for the motor, wherein the miswiring detecting unit detects presence or absence of miswiring of the wiring lines, based on the change of the motor temperature when the current command unit commands supply of reactive current to the motor driving unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor control apparatus configured to be connected to a motor by a wiring line, comprising:
a motor driver for driving the motor based on current command supplied through the wiring line connected between the motor driver and the motor;
a current commander for commanding supply of current including reactive current to the motor driver through the wiring line; and,
a miswiring detector for detecting miswiring of the wiring lines connected to the motor by acquiring via the wiring line a signal indicating a motor temperature detected by a motor temperature detector provided for the motor,
wherein the miswiring detector detects the presence or absence of miswiring of the wiring lines, based on the change of the motor temperature when the current commander commands to the motor driver supply of reactive current which is phase current that does not contribute to rotation of the motor.

2. The motor control apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the miswiring detector determines occurrence of miswiring when the difference between a motor temperature detected before the current commander commands supply of reactive current and a motor temperature detected after the current commander commands supply of reactive current is smaller than a first reference value.

3. The motor control apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the miswiring detector acquires information on a position detector temperature from a detector temperature-detecting unit that detects a temperature of a position detector of the motor, via the other wiring line, and
wherein the miswiring detector detects presence or absence of miswiring based on the compared result between the detected motor temperature and the detected position detector temperature.

4. The motor control apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the miswiring detector determines occurrence of miswiring when the difference between the detected motor temperature and the detected position detector temperature is greater than a second reference value.

5. A motor control apparatus configured to be connected to n (n≧2) motors via wiring lines, comprising:
n motor drivers for driving the respective n motors based on current command through the wiring lines connected between the motor drivers and the motors;
n current commanders for commanding supply of current including reactive current to the n motor drivers through the wiring lines; and,
miswiring detectors that respectively acquire motor temperature-indicating signals detected by n motor temperature detectors provided for each motor through wiring lines to detect miswiring of the wiring lines connected to the n motors,
wherein when the m-th (m≦n) current commander commands to the m-th motor supply of reactive current which is phase current that does not contribute to rotation of the motor, the miswiring detectors detect presence or absence of miswiring based on the change of the motor temperature of the m-th motor.

6. The motor control apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein the n current commanders each give a command of supplying a different amount of reactive current from each other, to the respective n motor drivers.

Assignees

• Fanuc Corp

Inventors

• Iwanami Shunsuke
• Yamaguchi Akira

Classifications

• G01R31/67

  Testing the correctness of wire connections in electric apparatus or circuits · CPC title

• G01R31/50

  Testing of electric apparatus, lines, cables or components for short-circuits, continuity, leakage current or incorrect line connections (testing of sparking plugs H01T13/58) · CPC title

• H02P29/00 Primary

  Arrangements for regulating or controlling electric motors, appropriate for both AC and DC motors (arrangements for starting electric motors H02P1/00; arrangements for stopping or slowing electric motors H02P3/00; control of motors that can be connected to two or more different electric power supplies H02P4/00; regulating or controlling the speed or torque of two or more electric motors H02P5/00; vector control H02P21/00) · CPC title

• H02P29/60 Primary

  Controlling or determining the temperature of the motor or of the drive (H02P29/02 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02P29/0241

  the fault being an overvoltage · CPC title