Mechanical device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9935523-B2
Application number	US-201414397600-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2014
Priority date	Mar 18, 2014
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

To maximize a power consumption reduction effect in a case of using a high-efficiency induction motor, when a conventional induction motor is changed to a high-efficiency induction motor, a mechanical device including an induction motor and a speed reduction mechanism related to the present invention increases the reduction ratio of the speed reducer such that the rotation speed of the mechanical device is equal to that in a case of using a conventional induction motor and thus the output of the mechanical device is made equal to that in a case of using a conventional inductor motor; therefore, the load conditions of the mechanical device such as a pump and a fan can be made equal to those in a case of using a conventional induction motor. Accordingly, the power consumption reduction effect by improving the efficiency of the induction motor can be maximized.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mechanical device comprising:
an induction motor that rotates a small-diameter pulley; and
a device including a rotation mechanism having a large-diameter pulley driven by a rotation operation of the small-diameter pulley connected thereto, said large diameter pulley being driven by rotation of said small diameter pulley in accordance with a reduction ratio, which is a ratio of a diameter of said large diameter pulley to a diameter of said small diameter pulley, wherein
an increment in a rotation speed caused by using a high-efficiency induction motor as the induction motor is offset in the large-diameter pulley by increasing said reduction ratio, and
an increase in a rotation speed of the large-diameter pulley due to the increment in a rotation speed caused by using a high-efficiency induction motor as the induction motor is suppressed,
wherein said reduction ratio is increased by an amount equal to or larger than 1.0% and equal to or smaller than 6.0% depending on the increment in a rotation speed caused by using a high-efficiency induction motor as the induction motor.

2. The mechanical device according to claim 1 , wherein the reduction ratio increase is determined on a basis of a secondary resistance of the induction motor.

3. The mechanical device according to claim 2 , wherein the secondary resistance of the induction motor is calculated by a lock test.

4. The mechanical device according to claim 1 , wherein the reduction ratio increase is determined on a basis of a ratio of a rated rotation speed of the high-efficiency induction motor and a non-high efficiency induction motor.

5. A mechanical device comprising:
an induction motor that rotates a small-diameter gear; and
a device including a rotation mechanism having a large-diameter gear driven by a rotation operation of the small-diameter gear connected thereto, said large diameter gear being driven by rotation of said small diameter gear in accordance with a reduction ratio, which is a ratio of a diameter of said large diameter gear to a diameter of said small diameter gear, wherein
an increment in a rotation speed caused by using a high-efficiency induction motor as the induction motor is offset in the large-diameter gear by increasing said reduction ratio, and
an increase in a rotation speed of the large-diameter gear due to the increment in a rotation speed caused by using a high-efficiency induction motor as the induction motor is suppressed,
wherein said reduction ratio is by an amount equal to or larger than 1.0% and equal to or smaller than 6.0% depending on the increment in a rotation speed caused by using a high-efficiency induction motor as the induction motor.

6. The mechanical device according to claim 5 , wherein the reduction ratio increase is determined on a basis of a ratio of a secondary resistance of the high-efficiency induction motor and a non-high-efficiency induction motor.

7. The mechanical device according to claim 6 , wherein the secondary resistance of the induction motor is calculated by a lock test.

8. The mechanical device according to claim 5 , wherein the reduction ratio of the induction motor is determined on a basis of a ratio of a rated rotation speed of the high-efficiency induction motor and a non-high-efficiency induction motor.

9. A mechanical device comprising:
an induction motor that rotates a small-diameter pulley; and
a device including a rotation mechanism having a large-diameter pulley driven by a rotation operation of the small-diameter pulley connected thereto, said large diameter pulley being driven by rotation of said small diameter pulley in accordance with a reduction ratio, which is a ratio of a diameter of said large diameter pulley to a diameter of said small diameter pulley, wherein
an increment in a rotation speed caused by using a high-efficiency induction motor as the induction motor is offset in the large-diameter pulley by reducing a frequency of a power supply that supplies power to the induction motor, and
an increase in a rotation speed of the large-diameter pulley due to the increment in a rotation speed caused by using a high-efficiency induction motor as the induction motor is suppressed,
wherein the frequency reduction of said power supply is determined to be equal to or larger than 1.0% and equal to or smaller than 6.0% depending on the increment in a rotation speed caused by using a high-efficiency induction motor as the induction motor.

10. A mechanical device comprising:
an induction motor that rotates a small-diameter gear; and
a device including a rotation mechanism having a large-diameter gear driven by a rotation operation of the small-diameter gear connected thereto, said large diameter gear being driven by rotation of said small diameter gear in accordance with a reduction ratio, which is a ratio of a diameter of said large diameter gear to a diameter of said small diameter gear, wherein
an increment in a rotation speed caused by using a high-efficiency induction motor as the induction motor is offset in the large-diameter gear by reducing a frequency of a power supply that supplies power to the induction motor, and
an increase in a rotation speed of the large-diameter gear due to the increment in a rotation speed caused by using a high-efficiency induction motor as the induction motor is suppressed,
wherein the frequency reduction of said power supply is determined to be equal to or larger than 1.0% and equal to or smaller than 6.0% depending on the increment in a rotation speed caused by using the high-efficiency induction motor as the induction motor.

11. A mechanical device comprising:
an induction motor; and
a speed reducer comprising a large diameter gear driven in response to rotation of a small diameter and a small diameter gear, said large diameter gear being driven by rotation of said small diameter gear in accordance with a reduction ratio, which is a ratio of a diameter of said large diameter gear to a diameter of said small diameter gear, wherein
the reduction ratio of the speed reducer is increased such that a rotation speed of the mechanical device itself in which a non-high-efficiency induction motor is changed to a high-efficiency induction motor is equal to a rotation speed in a case of using a non-high-efficiency induction motor before a change,
wherein the reduction ratio, is increased by an amount equal to or larger than 1.0% and equal to or smaller than 6.0% depending on the increment in a rotation speed caused by using the high-efficiency induction motor as the induction motor.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Yamaguchi Shinichi
• Naka Koki
• Isogai Takuro

Classifications

• H02K7/116

  with gears · CPC title

• H02K17/16

  having rotors with internally short-circuited windings, e.g. cage rotors · CPC title

• H02K7/1004 Primary

  with pulleys · CPC title

• H02K17/32

  Structural association of asynchronous induction motors with auxiliary mechanical devices, e.g. with clutches or brakes · CPC title