Apparatus for selecting motor controller

• US 7,984,009 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2010
• Issued: 07/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
• Inventors: Komiya, Takehiko, Muta, Yoshihisa, Ando, Amane, Nagata, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Gaffin; Jeffrey A
• Assistant Examiner(s): COUGHLAN, PETER D
• Application Number:
  US12/782,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20100228697A1
• Time in Patent Office: 427 Days
• Field of Search: 706/54
• US Class Current: 706/54
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus for selecting a motor controller, the apparatus including a selection calculation unit, an input unit, an output unit, a mechanism condition input unit, a command setting unit, a monitoring unit, and an evaluation unit. The apparatus can select a motor controller registered in the characteristics database and machine parts registered in a mechanism condition characteristics database on the basis of an operation pattern and a mechanism condition. The apparatus can evaluate whether a combination of the motor controller and the machine parts is operable as a machine system.

Claims

1. An apparatus to select a motor controller, comprising:

an input device comprising;

a mechanism condition input device configured to input motor elements and machine elements as mechanism conditions;

a command setting device configured to set an operation pattern of one of combinations of the motor elements and the machine elements as conditions of use; and

the mechanism condition input device comprising;

a calculator configured to calculate at least one of physical quantities including a position, a velocity, an acceleration, a jerk, and a force that are generated in accordance with the set operation pattern of the motor elements or the machine elements and in accordance with the machine elements;

an output device configured to output a selection result of the motor controller;

an evaluation device configured to evaluate whether the motor controller or a machine system is usable based on at least one of the physical quantities calculated by the calculator and a predetermined threshold; and

a selection calculation device configured to select a motor controller based on the conditions of use set by the command setting device, a characteristics database of the motor controller, and an evaluation result evaluated by the evaluation device.

2. The apparatus to select a motor controller according to claim 1,

wherein the command setting device can edit, change, and set the operation pattern of one of the combinations of the motor elements and the machine elements and can refer to at least one of the physical quantities calculated by the calculator.

3. The apparatus to select a motor controller according to claim 1,

wherein the characteristics database of the motor controller includes at least one mechanism condition characteristics database including the machine elements supplied by at least one supplier.

4. The apparatus to select a motor controller according to claim 3,

wherein the mechanism condition characteristics database includes the threshold used by the evaluation device.

5. The apparatus to select a motor controller according to claim 3,

wherein the evaluation device is configured to output to the output device remaining capacities of the motor elements based on the characteristics database including characteristics of the motor controller or remaining capacities of the machine elements based on the mechanism condition characteristics database including characteristics of the machine elements in accordance with a predetermined criterion.

6. The apparatus to select a motor controller according to claim 3,

wherein the characteristics database or the mechanism condition characteristics database is configured to obtain from a storage medium storing the characteristics database or the mechanism condition characteristics database or configured to obtain through a network.

7. The apparatus to select a motor controller according to claim 3,

wherein the characteristics database or the mechanism condition characteristics database is connected to a database of at least one supplier through a network.

8. The apparatus to select a motor controller according to claim 1,

wherein the characteristics database includes, in addition to characteristics of a motor and the motor controller, a peripheral device database containing information of peripheral devices to be used in combination with the motor and the motor controller in accordance with a result of a selection selected by the selection calculation device.

9. The apparatus to select a motor controller according to claim 8, further comprising;

a peripheral device selection device configured to select peripheral devices to be used in combination with the motor and the motor controller from the peripheral device database.

10. An apparatus to select a motor controller comprising;

a selection calculation device configured to select a motor controller based on conditions of use and a characteristics database of the motor controller;

an input device comprising;

a mechanism condition input device configured to input motor elements and machine elements as mechanism conditions;

a command setting device configured to set an operation pattern of one of combinations of the motor elements and the machine elements as the conditions of use; and

the mechanism condition input device comprising;

a calculator configured to calculate at least one of physical quantities including a position, a velocity, an acceleration, a jerk, and a force that are generated in accordance with the set operation pattern of the motor elements or the machine elements and in accordance with the machine elements;

an output device configured to output a selection result of the motor controller;

an evaluation device configured to evaluate whether the motor controller or a machine system is usable based on at least one of the physical quantities calculated by the calculator and a predetermined threshold; and

a peripheral device selection device configured to select peripheral devices to be used in combination with a motor and the motor controller from a peripheral device database.