Motor drive apparatus having function for determining abnormality of main power supply voltage

• US 10,122,316 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2016
• Issued: 11/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
• Original Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
• Inventors: Tanouchi, Hironao, Matsumoto, Yasuyuki, Masuda, Naoki, Inaba, Kiichi
• Primary Examiner(s): DUDA, RINA I
• Application Number:
  US15/345,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20170141715A1
• Time in Patent Office: 728 Days
• Field of Search: 318727, 318638
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 11/006 in case of too high or too low voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 7/09 against over-voltage; against reduction of voltage; against phase interruption
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 29/032 Preventing damage to the motor, e.g. setting individual current limits for different drive conditions

Abstract

A motor drive apparatus in which a main power supply used for motor drive is supplied via a magnetic contactor includes: a monitoring unit that monitors a main power supply voltage at an AC power supply input side of the magnetic contactor in a state in which contacts of the magnetic contactor are opened; a determination unit that determines whether the main power supply voltage monitored by the monitoring unit is normal; and a magnetic contactor control unit that outputs a command that controls opening and closing of contacts of the magnetic contactor, wherein when it is determined by the determination unit that the main power supply voltage is abnormal, the magnetic contactor control unit maintains an output of an open command such that the contacts of the magnetic contactor are opened.

Claims

1. A motor drive apparatus in which a main power supply used for motor drive is supplied via a magnetic contactor, the motor drive apparatus comprising:

a monitoring unit electrically connected to no more than a single power supply,

the single power supply consisting of a single three-phase AC power supply,

the monitoring unit comprising three leads, each lead being coupled to a corresponding phase of the three-phase AC power supply on the AC power supply input side, each of the three leads being configured to measure the phase voltage of a corresponding phase of the three-phase AC power supply such that every phase of the three-phase AC power supply is monitored by the monitoring unit at the three-phase AC power supply of the magnetic contactor in a state in which contacts of the magnetic contactor are opened;

a determination unit in electrical communication with the monitoring unit, the determination unit determining whether the main power supply voltage monitored by the monitoring unit is normal; and

a magnetic contactor control unit in electrical communication with the determination unit and the contacts of the magnetic contactor, the magnetic contactor control unit outputting a command that controls opening and closing of the contacts of the magnetic contactor based on whether the main power supply voltage is abnormal as determined by the determination unit, wherein when it is determined by the determination unit that the main power supply voltage is abnormal, the magnetic contactor control unit maintains an output of an open command that controls such that the contacts of the magnetic contactor are opened.

2. The motor drive apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the main power supply voltage is higher than a first reference voltage set beforehand, the determination unit determines that the main power supply voltage is abnormal.

3. The motor drive apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the main power supply voltage is lower than a second reference voltage set beforehand at a value which is lower than the first reference voltage, the determination unit determines that the main power supply voltage is abnormal.

4. The motor drive apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined by the determination unit that the main power supply voltage is abnormal, the magnetic contactor control unit further maintains openings of contacts of a magnetic contactor connected to another motor drive apparatus which is different from the motor drive apparatus including the magnetic contactor control unit.

5. The motor drive apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising an output unit outputs the open command outputted from the magnetic contactor control unit to the magnetic contactor connected to the other motor drive apparatus,

wherein the magnetic contactor connected to the other motor drive apparatus is configured such that the contacts thereof are opened when the open command is received from the output unit.