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Ray Stanyard

Gerhard Kindler

Hansruedi Liechti

A twelve-pulse converter has an a.c.-input and a d.c.-output which is connected with an armature via two thyristors of a change-over circuit. An extinguishing circuit comprises a resistor, a capacitor, an inductor and a thyristor which is also connected with the armature via related diodes. A current transformer in the armature circuit causes ignition of the thyristor in the extinguishing circuit at the occurrence of excess current. The extinguishing capacitor is continuously connected with a charging circuit and is connected parallel to the thyristor of the extinguishing circuit and with the thyristors connected to the d.c.-negative pole. The d.c.-negative pole connected thyristors are cut-off when the thyristor of the extinguishing circuit is ignited and the energy appearing in the armature circuit is dissipated by the resistor in the extinguishing circuit. The zero-crossing of the current is detected by means of two voltage converters which are connected with the d.c.-negative pole and the d.c.-positive pole of the converter as well as with the armature. The non-current conducting thyristors which are connected either with the d.c.-negative pole or with the d.c.-positive pole, are ignited by means of information derived from the voltage converters.

Converter-powered drive for an elevator

The data input/output device of an elevator drive regulation receives actual values of the speed and of the displacement of an elevator cabin at related counters which are connected to related digital tachometers. The data are evaluated and transmitted via an interface to a digital computer of the drive regulation. The digital computer compares the data with stored reference values and computes input values for related adjusting members of the drive regulation. The computed input values are transmitted via the interface to and stored in a programmable multiple counter of the data input/output device. The programmable multiple counter contains three counters each of which is connected through a driver stage with a thyristor associated with one phase of a three-phase a.c.-elevator drive. A synchronizing device ensures that all thyristors are always ignited at any one time at the same phase angle which corresponds to the adjusting magnitude. A further counter of the programmable multiple counter is connected to a driver stage which acts upon the control of an eddy-current brake in the drive regulation.

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Buchrain, Switzerland

Ray Stanyard