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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2015
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Christopher H. Bock, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Christopher J. Wieloch, Brookfield, WI (US);
James J. Kinsella, Brentwood, TN (US);
Stefan T. Dziekonski, Greendale, WI (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
One embodiment describes a method that includes determining a desired torque level of a motor actuated by a motor starter; determining, using a control system, a configuration of the motor starter to achieve the desired torque level, in which determining the configuration includes determining which of a plurality of switching devices in the motor starter should be opened and which should be closed; and instructing, using the control system, the motor starter to implement the determined configuration by opening or closing one or more of the plurality of switching devices.