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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1996
William Henry Thesling, Brunswick, OH (US);
TS Engineering Inc., Eastlake, OH (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for controlling vibratory machines of the type having at least one electromagnetic drive coil to drive a member at a resonant frequency includes a DC power supply; a programmable controller that produces PWM control signals that when applied to the drive coil cause vibrating motion; a switching driver circuit that applies a drive waveform to the drive coil by switching DC power to the drive coil in response to the PWM control signals; and a motion sensor that detects vibration amplitude; the controller tracking resonant vibration frequency as a function of an amplitude signal related to the drive waveform. The motion sensor preferably produces a signal related to vibration velocity.