The document discusses different types of DC servo motors. It describes wound armature DC motors which have permanent magnets in the stator and a wound rotor. It also describes moving coil motors which have a thin disc armature with copper conductors and permanent magnets arranged around the housing. Brushless DC motors are also covered, which have a permanent magnet rotor and fixed three-phase stator windings. Applications of these different servo motor types are mentioned.
The document discusses different types of DC servo motors. It describes wound armature DC motors which have permanent magnets in the stator and a wound rotor. It also describes moving coil motors which have a thin disc armature with copper conductors and permanent magnets arranged around the housing. Brushless DC motors are also covered, which have a permanent magnet rotor and fixed three-phase stator windings. Applications of these different servo motor types are mentioned.
The document discusses different types of DC servo motors. It describes wound armature DC motors which have permanent magnets in the stator and a wound rotor. It also describes moving coil motors which have a thin disc armature with copper conductors and permanent magnets arranged around the housing. Brushless DC motors are also covered, which have a permanent magnet rotor and fixed three-phase stator windings. Applications of these different servo motor types are mentioned.
The document discusses different types of DC servo motors. It describes wound armature DC motors which have permanent magnets in the stator and a wound rotor. It also describes moving coil motors which have a thin disc armature with copper conductors and permanent magnets arranged around the housing. Brushless DC motors are also covered, which have a permanent magnet rotor and fixed three-phase stator windings. Applications of these different servo motor types are mentioned.
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EE428 Industrial Process Control
Chapter 7: Servo Motors
Dr. Ammar Hasan
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DC Servo Motors • A servomotor is a motor that allows for precise control of position, velocity and acceleration. It consists of a suitable motor coupled to a sensor for position feedback. • It also requires a relatively sophisticated controller, often a dedicated module designed specifically for use with servomotors.
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DC Servo Motors • Servomotors are not a specific class of motor although the term servomotor is often used to refer to a motor suitable for use in a closed- loop control system.
• Servomotors are used in applications such as
robotics, CNC machinery or automated manufacturing.
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DC Servo Motors • The type of motor is not critical to a servomotor and different types may be used. • At the simplest, brushed permanent magnet DC motors are used, owing to their simplicity and low cost. • Small industrial servomotors are typically brushless DC motors. • For large industrial servomotors, AC induction motors are typically used. Dr. Ammar Hasan SEECS, NUST DC Servo Motors • The chapter in book mainly focuses on Permanent magnet (PM) DC servo motors • There are two categories of PM DC motors • PM Stator • Wound armature motor • Moving coil motor • PM Rotor • Brushless DC motor
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DC Servo Motors • In the mid-1970s, the popularity of PM motors increased with the introduction of rare earth magnets. • Rare earth magnets have greater flux strength than the ferrite magnets they replaced, which results in greater torque produced by the motor. • PM motors are smaller and lighter than wound field DC motors that produce the same amount of torque. • They are often used in applications that require portability and-low maintenance requirements. Dr. Ammar Hasan SEECS, NUST Wound Armature DC Motor • It has permanent magnets in the outside of the motor that functions as the stator. It has current carrying conductors in the rotor.
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Wound Armature DC Motor • It is similar in construction to a wound rotor motor. • The armature contains wound coils that are placed in the slots of an iron core. • Brushes and commutator segments, located at the end of the motor, switch the current as the armature turns so that the required magnetic field forms around the rotor coils.
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Wound Armature DC Motor • The interaction between the magnetic flux lines of the rotor and stator fields produces a continuous torque when a DC current is applied. • The permanent magnets that form the stator typically are in either a two-pole or four-pole structure, although six or more poles have been used.
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Wound Armature DC Motor • Since permanent magnets are used for the pole pieces, the field flux remains constant. • The speed is varied by changing the armature voltage. • The direction is easily changed by reversing the current applied to the armature leads.
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Wound Armature DC Motor • The wound armature PM motor does have some limitations. • Because the current-carrying rotor coils, which are heat producing, are located at the inside of the housing, this motor is thermally inefficient because the heat cannot readily escape. • The result is that the motor cannot produce high torque for prolonged periods without overheating and becoming damaged.
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Wound Armature DC Motor • Also, the brushes periodically need replacement because of wear as they ride along the commutator segments. • PM motors are commonly used in office machines, printers, and disk drives. • Larger PM motors are used for manufacturing positioning equipment, such as an industrial robot.
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Wound Armature DC Motor • To effectively operate in positioning applications, this motor must be controlled by a closed-loop servo system that consists of a controller, an amplifier, and a position sensor that operates as a feedback device.
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Moving Coil Motor • The moving coil motor (MCM) is designed very differently from other types of motors. • Sometimes also referred as pancake motors, due to their thin size • The stator field is provided by eight pairs of permanent magnets that are on each side of the disc and parallel to the motor shaft. • These magnets are placed around the perimeter of the motor housing.
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Moving Coil Motor • They are arranged so that they provide alternating magnetic field. • By fitting as many magnets as possible around the circumference of the motor, the maximum number of stator flux lines is provided to produce the highest possible torque.
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Moving Coil Motor • The armature is a thin disc made of fiberglass. • Two layers of copper conductors are formed on each side of the fiberglass in much the same way as in a printed circuit. • One layer, called the upper conductor, is placed on top of the other layer, called the lower conductor. • The conductor paths of each layer are arranged at 30-degree angles to each other
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Moving Coil Motor • The armature is a thin disc made of fiberglass. • Two layers of copper conductors are formed on each side of the fiberglass in much the same way as in a printed circuit. • One layer, called the upper conductor, is placed on top of the other layer, called the lower conductor. • The conductor paths of each layer are arranged at 30-degree angles to each other
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Moving Coil Motor
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Moving Coil Motor
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Moving Coil Motor • The armature interacts with the permanent magnet field to produce a force tangent to each magnetic pole. • Enough torque is provided to turn the armature.
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Moving Coil Motor
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Moving Coil Motor
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Moving Coil Motor
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Moving Coil Motor • The ends of the conductors are located at the center and at one side of the disc in the shape of commutator segments. • As the disc turns, brushes ride on the commutator to provide direct current to the conductors,
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Moving Coil Motor • As current flows through the upper and lower conductors, a resultant magnetic field is produced. • Because the armature is in the shape of a disc, it does not use iron. • This provides three advantages. • First, the disc is light, so it has low inertia. This enables the armature to accelerate rapidly (from 0 to 3000 RPM in 1/6 of a revolution), stop quickly, and reverse -direction easily.
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Moving Coil Motor • Second, the brush life is extended because its armature’s low inductance does not cause arcing. • Thirdly, the large number of conductors enables the MCM to run smoothly at speeds as low as 1 RPM, unlike conventional DC motors, which tend to cog at low speeds.
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Moving Coil Motor • The speed of the motor is varied by changing the amount of voltage supplied to the armature. • The voltage is in the form of DC pulses at a frequency of about 20 kHz. • The average voltage varies by changing the width of the pulses. • The ratio of time the pulses are on to the time they are off determines the amount of average voltage.
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Moving Coil Motor •
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Moving Coil Motor • The highest voltage possible is 24 volts, which occurs when there are no pulses and the voltage is a constant 24 volts DC. The rotor turns at its top speed, which is over 4000 rpm for MCM motors. • MCMs are used in applications that require high torque, fast acceleration, and small size, such as tape transport systems and computer peripheral devices.
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Moving Coil Motor • There are two types of moving coil motors. Disc type on Pancake motor is more common
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Brushless DC Motors • Brushless DC motors (BDCM) contain a powerful permanent magnet rotor and fixed stator windings. • The stationary stator windings are usually three- phase, which means that three separate voltages are supplied to three different sets of windings.
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Brushless DC Motors • The BDCM also contains a converter and a rotor position sensor. • The converter is an electronic commutator that changes direct current into pulsating DC voltages. • The pulses are applied to the stator windings to create a rotating magnetic field.
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Brushless DC Motors • This field attracts the permanent magnet rotor. As it follows the rotating field, the rotor turns. • The rotor position sensor provides feedback signals to the converter so that it switches current pulses through the stator coils in the proper sequence and at the proper time.
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Brushless DC Motors • Three transistor switching devices are connected to a DC power source. • When a transistor is turned on, it supplies a phase current to a stator field coil. When current flows through a coil, a south pole is created at the end of the pole face. • While SW2 is in the down position, no more than one transistor can be turned on at any given moment. • The north pole of the permanent magnet rotor aligns itself to a stator pole that is energized. Dr. Ammar Hasan SEECS, NUST Brushless DC Motors • A rotor position sensor that consists of a round disc with 120 degrees cut away is mounted on the shaft. • Three proximity-position sensors (such as Hall-Effect detectors) are mounted 120 degrees apart around the shaft, within sensing distance of the disc. • Therefore, the disc is always being sensed by two of the detectors.
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Brushless DC Motors • Each detector output is connected to a switching transistor through a signal conditioning network. • A detector that does not sense the disc causes the emitter of the optocoupler to which it is connected to turn off. • The receiver of the optocoupler sends a positive voltage to the base of the transistor to which it is connected and turns it on.
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Brushless DC Motors • In the figure, the north pole of the rotor aligned with stator pole 3. • With the disc in the position shown, sensor S1 turns on transistor Q1, causing current to flow through stator coil 1. • The south pole created at the pole face will attract the rotor and cause it to turn 120 degrees clockwise
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Brushless DC Motors • When the rotor aligns itself to stator pole 1, the disc will be turned so that it is sensed by detectors S1 and S3. • Detector S2 will then turn on transistor Q2 and cause current to flow through stator coil 2. • The rotor turns another 120 degrees clockwise as its north pole aligns itself with stator pole 2. • The disc also rotates, causing detector 3 to turn on transistor Q3. • This switching sequence continues as the motor shaft turns in the clockwise direction. Dr. Ammar Hasan SEECS, NUST Brushless DC Motors • If the collector connections of the transistors are changed by switch SW1, the motor will reverse direction. • By moving switch SW2 upward, all three transistors turn on. • The rotor stops and remains stationary as long as SW2 is in the upward position. • The rotor remains aligned to one of the stator poles due to the magnetic attraction. • The amount-of force required to move the rotor away from this held position is called holding torque. Dr. Ammar Hasan SEECS, NUST Brushless DC Motors • There are several advantages of a BDCM over a wound-field DC motor that has brushes. • In wound-field motors, the brushes wear out after only about 2000 hours and have a top speed of 4000 rpm. • Since BDCMs have no brushes and commutator, they are virtually maintenance free, and some can operate at speeds up to 100,000 rpm.
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Brushless DC Motors • Also, as the surface contact between the brushes and commutator causes the electrical connections to open and close, sparks develop. • The arcing that takes place creates magnetic fields called noise, which can cause interference problems in computer control equipment placed near the motor. • Because the BDCM does not use brushes, it has lower maintenance requirements and no electrical noise problem.
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Brushless DC Motors • Also, the rotor of the brushless DC motor is lighter weight and smaller than a brush type DC motor. • Therefore, its inertia is reduced, which allows the motor to accelerate or reverse its direction more quickly. • The rotor is lighter because brushes mounted to the shaft aren’t required, and rare earth magnets, which are lighter than wound coils, are used.
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Brushless DC Motors • Because the windings, which are the heat generating element of the motor, are close to the outside of the motor, the heat is readily dissipated. • Therefore, it is able to handle higher continuous loads without exceeding temperature limitations. • Also, since higher supply voltages are used than those in conventional PM motors, they operate at higher speeds and greater torque.
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Brushless DC Motors • BDCMs are used to drive equipment that requires high speeds, high peak torque capacity, and quick acceleration or deceleration. • These characteristics make them well-suited for servo positioning applications, where quick and precise positioning movements are required. Application examples include screen printing machinery, material handling equipment, quadcopters, cooling fans inside servers/PCs.
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Stepper Motors • All of the permanent magnet motors described so far in this chapter can be classified as continuous rotation motors. • When power is applied to the motor, the armature turns. • When power is removed, they coast to a stop and cannot be stopped at a desired position.
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Stepper Motors • A stepper motor operates differently. • In a stepper motor, the armature tums through a specific number of degrees and then stops. • It converts electronic digital signals into mechanical motion in fixed increments. • Each time an incoming pulse is applied to the motor, its shaft turns or steps a specific angular distance. • The shaft can be driven in either direction and operated at low or very high stepping rates.
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Stepper Motors • Therefore, the stepper motor has the capability of controlling the velocity, distance, and direction of a mechanical load. • It also produces a holding torque at standstill to prevent unwanted motion. A stepper motor is typically used as an actuator in motion control applications that require accurate positioning.
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Stepper Motors • One attractive feature of the stepper motor is that it responds to digital signals. • Therefore, it can be controlled by computers or a computer peripheral device. • The elements that make up a typical stepper motor system are user interface, indexer, driver, motor, and encoder
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Stepper Motors
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Stepper Motors: user interface • The device used by the operator to communicate to the stepper motor system is called the user interface. • Data entered by this device are high-level commands, which include speed, acceleration, distance, direction, and ramping routines. • These devices include computers, programmable logic controllers, switch panels, thumbwheel switches, and handheld terminals.
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Stepper Motors: Indexer • The primary function of the indexer is to convert the desired motion information entered into the user interface device into move signals that are applied to a driver that powers the motor. • Indexers can include features such as data communication, I/O lines, memory for storing motion programs, and encoder feedback for closed-loop positioning.
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Stepper Motors: Driver • The driver converts the step input signals from the indexer into current pulses that power and drive the motor. • Depending on the driver that is selected, they produce signals that range from low power full-or half-stepping to high performance microstepping.
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Stepper Motors: Motor • The motor, converts the signals from the driver into fixed mechanical increments of motion. • The movements they make are very accurate and can be used in precision motion applications without a closed-loop to verify accuracy.
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Stepper Motors: Encoder • For applications that require extreme accuracy, a measurement device that provides feedback information is used, such as an incremental encoder. • It verifies that the motor is in the desired position specified by the indexer. • If it is not, corrective action is taken. • The feedback information is sent by the measurement device to the indexer. • Another function of the feedback device is to detect whether there is a stall condition.
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Stepper Motors: Types • Many types of stepper motors exist, of which the permanent magnet (PM) and the variable reluctance (VR) motors are the most popular.
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PM Stepper Motor • The operation of a stepper motor is based on the magnetic principle that like poles repel and unlike poles attract.
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PM Stepper Motor • it is constructed of four electromagnets located 90 degrees apart in the stator. • An external transistor is connected to each of the coils. • The function of the transistors is to electronically perform the switching (commutating) action that creates a moving magnetic field in the stator. • Current is passed through a particular coil when the transistor to which it is connected is turned on. • When it is energized, the coiled wire is wrapped so that its pole becomes magnetic north. Dr. Ammar Hasan SEECS, NUST PM Stepper Motor • A cylindrical rotor with six magnetic teeth located 45 degrees apart is placed inside the four coils. • The rotor has no armature windings. Instead, each tooth is a permanent magnet. • The polarity of the rotor teeth alternate between north and south.
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PM Stepper Motor • Figure shows the motor when transistor A is turned on and stator coil A is energized. • The north pole created by the coil attracts the south pole of tooth (1), and they become physically aligned. • As they do, the flux lines from stator pole face A pass through the rotor and continue their path by entering the face of the stator pole directly opposite it through tooth (4). Dr. Ammar Hasan SEECS, NUST PM Stepper Motor • The reason why the flux lines pass through tooth (4) is because it is the only one aligned with an other stator pole face. • Even though coil C is not energized by transistor C, the Pole still becomes magnetized because of the flux lines that pass through it. • The result is that its pole face becomes a south pole, which adds to the torque of the rotor as it attracts the • north pole of tooth (4).
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PM Stepper Motor • The flux lines complete the magnetic circuit through the frame of the motor. • Pole C is referred to as being a passive magnet because it is not magnetized by current flowing through its own coil.
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PM Stepper Motor • To show how the rotor turns, imagine that transistor A turns off and transistor B turns on simultaneously. • Pole B of the stator energizes and becomes a north Pole, and pole D becomes a Passive south pole. • The rotor turns clockwise until tooth (5) aligns with the north pole of stator B, and the north pole of tooth (2) becomes aligned with pole D. The rotor stops after turning clockwise by 30 degrees
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PM Stepper Motor • The next step of the motor occurs when transistor B in the control circuit turns of and transistor C simultaneously turns on. • Pole C energizes and becomes a north pole, and pole A becomes a passive south pole. • The south pole of tooth (3) is attracted to and aligns with the north stator pole C, and tooth (6) aligns with the passive south stator pole A. • The rotor stops after turning clockwise by another 30 degrees.
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PM Stepper Motor
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PM Stepper Motor: Half Stepping • The step of the rotor’s rotation can be reduced from 30 degrees to smaller movements of 15 degrees by altering the switching sequence of the control circuit. • Cutting the movements in half is called half-stepping. • Lets say initially transistor A energizes coil A and causes the rotor to be in the reference 0 degree position. • During the next step of the sequence, transistor A is turned off, and transistors C and D turn on to energize coils C and D, thereby causing pole faces C and D to become active north poles. Dr. Ammar Hasan SEECS, NUST PM Stepper Motor: Half Stepping • A combined net magnetic north pole field is created in the middle of the space between stator poles C and D. This causes the closest south pole rotor tooth (3) which is 15 degrees away, to align
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PM Stepper Motor: Half Stepping
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Stepper Motor: Disc Type • The physical size and weight of a cylindrical-toothed rotor is relatively large; therefore it is more difficult to move, which causes the motor to react slowly. • This limits the stepping rate of the motor. • To overcome potential inertia problems, some PM stepper motors use a flat disc rotor instead, which weighs 60 percent less than the cylinder type.
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Stepper Motor: Disc Type • A flat disc rotor is placed inside two C-shaped electromagnetic cores. • The outer edge of the disc is composed of tiny individual magnets
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Stepper Motor: Disc Type • C shaped electromagnets appear to be placed across from each other, they actually are offset from each other by half a rotor pole. • Each electromagnet is energized by a different phase. As one electromagnet is energized, the rotor aligns itself to the magnetic field it produces. • Next, the first phase is turned off and the second electromagnet is energized. • The disc will turn one-half of a half rotor pole
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Stepper Motor: Disc Type • A typical rotor has 100 magnets of equal size. • Therefore, the angular distance between poles around the outside portion of the 360-degree disk is 3.6 degrees. • Each time the disk rotates when the C-shaped electromagnet is energized, it moves one-half the distance of the magnetic pole segments, or 1.8 degrees.
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Variable Reluctance Stepper Motor • The variable reluctance (VR) stepper motor uses electromagnetic stator poles. Its rotor is in the shape of a disc with teeth and slots around the outer edge. The rotor is unmagnetized.
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Variable Reluctance Stepper Motor • VR stepper motor uses six sets of stator windings to form six pole pairs. • The poles in each pair are located directly across from each other and are energized at the-same time because their coils are connected in series. • Because the coils are wound in the opposite direction, the poles in each pair will always have different polarity.
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Variable Reluctance Stepper Motor • There are twelve stator poles that are equally spaced apart by 30 degrees. • The rotor has eight teeth that are equally spaced at 45-degree intervals. • Therefore, the alignment of the stator and rotor is different by 15 degrees (45° -30° = 15°). • When the rotor rotates one step, it moves 15 degrees.
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Variable Reluctance Stepper Motor
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Variable Reluctance Stepper Motor • It takes 24 steps to turn the rotor a full 360 degrees. • The VR stepper motor can run as high as 100,000 rpm. • By using the pulse width modulation (PWM) method, the torque of the motor can be controlled by varying the width of the pulses.
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Variable Reluctance Stepper Motor • In practice, there are multiple teeth with alternating north and south poles on the rotor. • There are also eight coil windings • There are 50 teeth machined into the rotor. • Each pulse moves the rotor a distance of 1/4 tooth. Since it takes four steps to advance the width of one tooth and the adjacent space between the teeth, it takes 200 steps to complete one revolution. • The step angle (also resolution) can be computed by dividing 360 degrees by 200 steps: 360/200 = 1.8 degrees. Dr. Ammar Hasan SEECS, NUST Variable Reluctance Stepper Motor
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Variable Reluctance Stepper Motor • The name variable reluctance (VR) stepper motor is derived from the principle of its operation. • When the rotor turns and a tooth aligns with a stator coil, it moves to a position that minimizes the magnetic reluctance of the overall flux.
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Stepper Motor: Step angle and rate • Two important terms relating to stepper motors are stepping rate and step angle. • Stepping rate is the maximum number of steps the motor can make in a second. • The number of degrees that the motor moves per step is called step angle. • The step angle is determined by the number of rotor teeth and stator poles used. • The actual speed of the rotor depends on the step angle and stepping rate. Dr. Ammar Hasan SEECS, NUST Stepper Motor: Microstepping • There are some undesirable characteristics associated with stepper motors. • At low speeds the motor jerks as it steps, which can cause rough running in the mechanical mechanism to which it is attached. • If a smooth operation is required at low speed, the motor speed is kept high and a gear reduction transmission is connected between the motor and load. • Another drawback is limited resolution. Some applications require accuracy under one degree. Dr. Ammar Hasan SEECS, NUST Stepper Motor: Microstepping • A technique that overcomes low speed and resolution problems is microstepping. • Instead of square waves energizing the stator coils that cause the rotor to start and stop as it turns, simulated sine waves created by small steps are used instead.
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Stepper Motor: Microstepping • A technique that overcomes low speed and resolution problems is microstepping. • Instead of square waves energizing the stator coils that cause the rotor to start and stop as it turns, simulated sine waves created by small steps are used instead.
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Stepper Motor: Microstepping • Similar to half-steps described earlier, two adjacent stator filed poles are energized at the same time. • However, with microstepping, their coils are driven with different voltage levels that change gradually. • The current through one coil increases while the current through the other one decreases.
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Stepper Motor: Microstepping
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Stepper Motor: Microstepping • Half stepping vs microstepping
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Stepper Motor: Microstepping • In actual applications, there are as many as 125 microsteps to each full step in a conventional stepper motor. • These signals are developed by a microprocessor located in the drive circuitry. • These sinusoidal signals cause the rotor to move smoothly without jerking, and accurate positioning is attained if the currents are held at intermittent values. • Resolution of 20,000 to 50,000 steps per revolution is common. Dr. Ammar Hasan SEECS, NUST Stepper Motor: Microstepping
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Stepper Motor: Microstepping • The stepper motor is typically used in an open-loop system. • Position is determined by counting pulses. • For critical applications, the system can be modified into a closed-loop configuration by using an encoder to verify the position • Stepper motors are used in many practical applications such as printers, floppy discs, and X-Y positioning tables.
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AC Brushless Servo Motor • The AC brushless servo motor operates on the same principle as the single-phase induction motor. • Both motor types have squirrel cage rotors and two sets of stator windings that are energized by two AC voltages that are 90 degrees out of phase. • Instead of using a capacitor or inductor to develop the auxiliary phase, the AC servo motor uses an electronic circuit to perform this function. • This circuit is referred to as an AC servo drive amplifier.
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AC Brushless Servo Motor
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AC Brushless Servo Motor • The AC line, source supplies power to the main winding. • It also provides power to the servo drive amplifier. • A feedback signal from a transducer is used to indicate the actual position. • Another input of the amplifier is a command signal that indicates the desired position. • The difference between the measured feedback signal and the command signal creates an error signal.
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AC Brushless Servo Motor • This error signal is used to control the firing angles of phase-shift circuits, such as those that are powered by a triac. • By firing the triac at different points during each alternation, the RMS value supplied to the amplifier output, labeled Va, can be varied.
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AC Brushless Servo Motor • When the difference between the actual and desired position is great, output Va will be large • The strong magnetic field fed to the auxiliary winding will cause the servo motor to run at a high speed. • As the difference between the actual position and desired position is reduced, the error also decreases. the motor will run slower.
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AC Brushless Servo Motor • When the object is in the desired position, error goes to zero, and the motor stops. • Even though the voltage supplied to the main winding does not change, the motor will not turn because there is no rotating magnetic field due to the single-phase condition.
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AC Brushless Servo Motor • When the object is in the desired position, error goes to zero, and the motor stops. • Even though the voltage supplied to the main winding does not change, the motor will not turn because there is no rotating magnetic field due to the single-phase condition.
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Bearings And Bearing Metals: A Treatise Dealing with Various Types of Plain Bearings, the Compositions and Properties of Bearing Metals, Methods of Insuring Proper Lubrication, and Important Factors Governing the Design of Plain Bearings