Fanuc Corporation

Shinichi Horikoshi

Yasusuke Iwashita

Shunsuke Matsubara

Takashi Harada

Hiroyasu Sato

Koujirou Sakai

Shinichi Kono

Yuuya Nakagawa

Tomokazu Yoshida

Naoyuki Suzuki

Masakazu Niwa

Yuuichi Yamada

Shunpei Tanaka

Mamoru Yaeshima

Akira Hirai

Takaaki Tagawa

Masatomo Shirouzu

Kenta Yamamoto

Mitsuyuki Taniguchi

Kazuhiro Yamamoto

Takashi Okamoto

Tsutomu Shikagawa

Keisuke Imai

Minoru Kobayashi

Makoto Takeshita

Wataru Kuroki

Shinichi Mizukami

Kazuyuki Sugiyama

Masami Kimijima

Yuuta Sekikawa

Hajime Makita

Ichirou Nagatomo

Eijun Murai

Akinori Satou

The rectifier includes: a main circuit unit configured to perform power conversion between AC power on a side of a three-phase AC power supply and DC power on a DC side by rectifying operation of a rectifying device and ON-OFF operation of a switching device; a power calculation unit configured to calculate a value of a power flowing between the side of the three-phase AC power supply and the DC side via the main circuit unit; and a control unit configured to perform control to execute the ON-OFF operation of the switching device, wherein the control unit changes a length of an ON period per cycle in the ON-OFF operation executed on the switching device according to the value of the power calculated by the power calculation unit.

Rectifier and motor control apparatus having power regeneration function

A power conversion apparatus includes: a converter converting AC voltage supplied from an AC power supply via a switch unit, into DC voltage; a smoothing capacitor smoothing the DC voltage output from the converter; a resistor suppressing electric current flowing into the smoothing capacitor; a switch short-circuiting the both ends of the resistor; a filter including reactors and capacitors and that removes noise; and a control unit controlling opening and closing of the switch unit and the switch. The control unit changes the switch unit from the open state to the closed state with the switch in an open state if the voltage across the smoothing capacitor is lower than a voltage threshold, and changes the switch unit from the open state to the closed state with the switch in an closed state if the voltage across the smoothing capacitor is equal to or greater than the voltage threshold.

Power conversion apparatus and control method of the same

A rectifier according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a bridge circuit that derives a positive voltage component and a negative voltage component from an AC power supply voltage; a smoothing capacitor that smooths an output voltage from the bridge circuit; a pre-charge resistor that is provided between the bridge circuit and the smoothing capacitor, and reduces an inrush current; a charge switch that is provided in parallel with the pre-charge resistor; and a controller that controls the charge switch between an open state and a close state, wherein when application of the AC power supply voltage to the bridge circuit is started, the controller closes the charge switch if a voltage applied between ends of the pre-charge resistor is determined to become equal to or lower than a predetermined resistor threshold voltage.

Rectifier and motor driving device

A motor drive apparatus includes a converter which converts AC power into DC power and outputs it to a DC link, an inverter which converts the DC power of the DC link into AC power for driving a motor, DC link capacitors connected in series with each other, resistors connected in parallel with the DC link capacitors and connected in series with each other, a DC link voltage detection unit, a current-carrying element which is connected between one of connection points connecting the DC link capacitors to each other and one of connection points connecting the resistors to each other, and carries a current when the applied voltage is higher than a predetermined value, and a short-circuit judgment unit which judges that at least one of the DC link capacitors has shorted when the DC link voltage value is larger than an upper limit or smaller than a lower limit.

Motor drive apparatus including short-circuit judgment unit for DC link capacitor

A motor driving device includes a printed board on which a pattern is printed, and a resin board which is formed by molding a resin and on which no pattern is printed, and the printed board is provided on the resin board.

Electric device and motor driving device

A motor driving device includes a heat sink, a rectifier provided on the heat sink and configured to rectify an AC voltage supplied from an AC power supply to a DC voltage, a charging resistor provided on the heat sink and configured to be used for charging a smoothing capacitor for smoothing the DC voltage rectified by the rectifier, and a temperature sensor with which the charging resistor is provided.

Motor driving device and abnormal heat generation detecting method for motor driving device

A motor control device includes a rectifier which converts AC power into DC power and outputs it to a DC link, an inverter which converts the DC power of the DC link into AC power for each motor and outputs it, an AC voltage detection unit which detects an AC voltage value on the AC input side of the rectifier, a state determination unit which determines that a voltage dropped state has been set when the AC voltage value is smaller than a certain specified voltage and that a normal state has been set when the AC voltage value is equal to or larger than the specified voltage, and an output control unit which controls each motor in accordance with the amount of voltage drop with respect to the specified voltage of the AC voltage value when the state determination unit determines that the voltage dropped state has been set.

Motor control device and machine tool system for controlling motor in accordance with amount of drop in power supply voltage

A motor drive device capable of attaching a fan unit to a mounting member more easily. The motor drive device includes the mounting member formed with a mounting hole, the fan unit including a lid positioned facing the mounting member to cover the mounting hole and being fixed to the mounting member, and a restricting member movably attached to the lid, the restricting member being movable between a restriction position for engaging with the mounting member and a non-restriction position for releasing from the mounting member.

Motor drive device including fan unit

A motor drive apparatus includes a PWM converter configured to convert AC power of an AC power supply into DC power, a DC link unit including capacitors provided on the DC output side of the PWM converter and connected in series with each other, an inverter configured to convert the DC power of the DC link unit into AC power for driving a motor and output the AC power, a DC link voltage detection unit, a power supply voltage detection unit, a short-circuit judgment unit configured to judge that at least one of the capacitors has shorted when the DC link voltage value is smaller than the peak value of the power supply voltage, and a shut-off unit configured to shut off flow of AC power from the AC power supply into the PWM converter when the short-circuit judgment unit judges that at least one of the capacitors has shorted.

Motor drive apparatus including short-circuit judgment unit for capacitor of DC link unit

A motor drive device that inputs AC power from a power supply to drive a motor includes: a converter that converts the AC power from the power supply into DC power; a DC/DC converter that generates DC power produced by stepping-up, stepping-down, or stepping-up and stepping-down the DC power from the converter; an inverter that converts the DC power from the DC/DC converter into AC power and supplies to the motor; and an electrical storage capacitor that is provided between the DC/DC converter and the inverter.

Motor drive device

A motor drive of an embodiment of the present invention includes a PWM converter for converting AC power inputted from a low voltage AC power source into DC power by PWM control, an inverter for converting the received DC power to AC power to drive a motor, and a capacitor connected between the PWM converter and the inverter. The PWM converter is operated so as to limit input and output currents or input and output power to predetermined values, and supplied from the low voltage AC power source with a lower voltage than a voltage required to drive the motor. The PWM converter boosts a DC link voltage being an output voltage to the voltage able to drive the motor, and thereby serves to increase the potential difference of the capacitor between charged and discharged states to reduce the capacitance of the capacitor.

Motor drive using capacitor

A motor drive device includes a converter which mutually converts power between AC power and DC power, an inverter which converts the DC power into AC power for driving a motor to output to a motor side, and converts regenerated AC power from the motor side into DC power to output to the DC side, a DC link unit which connects a DC side of the converter and a DC side of the inverter, a voltage detecting unit which detects a DC voltage value, an alarm level setting unit which sets an alarm level of the DC voltage value, an alarm determining unit which determines whether or not the DC voltage value exceeds the alarm level, and an alarm reporting unit which instructs the inverter to stop conversion operation when it is determined that the voltage value exceeds the alarm level.

Motor drive device with alarm level setting unit

A motor drive apparatus includes an inverter which has an upper and lower arms each provided with a plurality of semiconductor switching devices and free-wheeling diodes connected in reverse parallel with respective ones of the plurality of semiconductor switching devices, wherein the semiconductor switching devices are controlled on and off to convert DC to AC, a short-circuiting unit which includes a selector switch between motor phase windings of a synchronous motor, the selector switch being opened and closed under the control of a command, and a dynamic braking control unit which, upon reception of a dynamic braking start command, performs control so as to turn on all of the semiconductor switching devices provided in either one of the upper and lower arms and to turn off all of the semiconductor switching devices provided in the other arm, and thereafter controls the short-circuiting unit so that the selector switch is closed.

Motor drive apparatus equipped with dynamic braking control unit

A motor driving apparatus capable of detecting during operation a ground fault and a phase-to-phase short circuit by distinguishing one from the other is provided while minimizing an increase in cost. The sum of three-phase AC currents supplied from a three-phase AC power supply to an AC/DC converter is detected by a current sensor. When overcurrent is detected by an overcurrent detector, if the sum of the currents detected by the current sensor is zero, it is determined that the fault is a phase-to-phase short circuit, but if the sum is not zero, it is determined that the fault is a ground fault.

Motor driving apparatus having fault diagnostic function

A motor driving apparatus is provided that performs AC/DC conversion by suppressing harmonics of the input at the time of normal operation, while on the other hand, allowing system operation to continue in the event of an overload by avoiding system stoppage. The motor driving apparatus, which drives a motor by supplying power from an AC power supply, includes: an AC/DC converter having a converter operation mode which is switched between a PWM converter operation mode in which an AC input voltage is converted into a DC voltage by applying PWM control to a plurality of power switching devices connected in serial and parallel fashion and a diode rectifier operation mode in which an AC input voltage is converted into a DC voltage by using a plurality of diodes each connected in reverse parallel with an associated one of the plurality of power switching devices; and a converter control unit which dynamically switches the converter operation mode of the AC/DC converter according to a load during powering of the motor.

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Shinichi Horikoshi