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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 1978
Filed:
May. 12, 1977
Byong-Ho Ahn, Wayland, MA (US);
Philip J Gilinson, Jr, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Anthony Michael Moscaritolo, Saugus, MA (US);
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A torque reaction test system for evaluating the performance characteristics of a test motor by detecting its inertial reaction torque to acceleration and deceleration of the rotor. In one embodiment a test motor, typically at a final assembly stage and contained within a housing where it is inaccessible, is mounted in a rotatable fixture and the torque reaction of the test motor when accelerated and decelerated is obtained. The torque reaction is plotted against time or speed. A torque balance loop provides a feedback current which maintains the test motor housing within the fixture at a predetermined point of rotation and which provides an indication of torque reaction. A further embodiment provides a dynamometer in which a test motor is driven by a drive motor for a rapid run-up time and the torque response characteristics are plotted as a function of time or speed to provide nondestructive determination of system parameters.