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Re: Geckodrive

Posted by lcdpublishing
on 2006-04-30 04:30:48 UTC
Yes, what you are describing is adaptive control, it's been around
since at least the 70's in CNC, perhaps even further back. Some of
the metal cutting CNC machines have this feature (Optionaly), but
it's application really took off with EDM machines.









--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Mariss Freimanis"
<mariss92705@...> wrote:
>
> No, the motor does not stall. It is prevented from doing that by
> monitoring the lag angle and decelerating the rotating magnetic
field
> to prevent it from getting more than 1.8 degrees ahead of the
rotor.
>
> The net effect is the motor slows down under heavy load. As it
does,
> more torque is available as speed drops until a "balance point" is
> found where available torque equals load torque.
>
> Relieve the load torque and the motor accelerates until a new
balance
> point is found.
>
> The lead/lag angle register is analogous to the position error
summing
> node in a classic servo. A step pulse increments this register,
the
> encoder count decrements it. The contents of this register is
input to
> a PID algorithm; the PID algorithm output then modifies the step
pulse
> rate to keep the summing node at a desired constant value.
>
> The lead/lag register also is used to increase the
motor's "stiffness".
>
> An open-loop step motor has +/- 1.8 degrees of stiffness. In fact,
a
> step motor only delivers its rated holding torque when its shaft
is
> displaced 1.8 degrees from its no-load position. The servoed
response
> is to "step into" the load, canceling this error. A 500-line
encoder
> gives a 10-fold increase in stiffness over an open-loop step motor.
>
>
> Mariss
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "lcdpublishing"
> <lcdpublishing@> wrote:
> >
> > Okay, so the motor still stalls like any other stepper system.
> > However, it tolerates the stall and provides feedback to the
> > controlling software which would allow for a recovery if in fact
the
> > problem causing the stall is self-correcting?
> >
> > It sounds neat, yet impossible at the same time. Either way, it
> > sounds like it has the potential of allowing higher speed
performance
> > from stepper systems. Perhaps I should look at this as if it
were in
> > an adaptive control system and it would make more sense.
> >
> > Sounds cool guys.
> >
>

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