New Wizard makes wiring problems disappear
May 1st 2008 Inmoco is taking the time, effort
and cost out of wiring thirdparty
motors to its Ormec
range of SMLC servo controllers,
with the launch of a Motor
Integration Wizard. Developed by
Ormec, the Wizard enables users
to attach a motor, press a button,
and it will automatically determine
the electrical and mechanical
characteristics of the motor.
The device enables parameters
such as motor resistance,
inductance, pole count, inertia
and many other elements to be
measured automatically. These
values are used to mathematically
model the system to derive
optimal gains for a critically
damped response. This gives the
highest possible current loop,
velocity loop and position loop band
widths, while maintaining stability.
Wizard takes the cost out of
wiring the motor to the drive. For
example, in a typical 3-phase
motor with incremental encoder
feedback there are 3 motor
phases, 2 differential encoder
signals, 3 differential hall signals
and hundreds of permutations as
to how these signals can be wired
to the drive; only one is correct.
Wizard will energise these signals
and determine if they are wired
correctly. If they are not, Wizard
will indicate the wires to swap. More articles from INMOCO Limited: | 
