Position control apparatus

• US 9,876,448 B2
• Filed: 08/19/2015
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Okuma Corporation
• Original Assignee: Okuma Corporation
• Inventors: Eguchi, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Ro, Bentsu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dinh, Thai
• Application Number:
  US14/830,144
• Publication Number:
  US 20160056736A1
• Time in Patent Office: 888 Days
• Field of Search: 318571, 318625, 318632, 318638, 318567
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/19 characterised by positioning or contouring control systems, e.g. to control position from one programmed point to another or to control movement along a programmed continuous path
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/50218 Synchronize groups of axis, spindles
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 5/50 by comparing electrical values representing the speeds

Abstract

A tandem control method is applied to a position control apparatus. The tandem control method controls one object to be controlled by individually driving a first driving shaft and a second driving shaft. A speed difference between the first driving shaft and the object to be controlled is amplified and added to a torque command value of the first driving shaft. A speed difference between the second driving shaft and the object to be controlled is amplified and added to a torque command value of the second driving shaft.

Claims

1. A position control apparatus to which a tandem control method is applied, the tandem control method including controlling one object to be controlled by individually driving a first driving shaft and a second driving shaft, the position control apparatus comprising:

a first shaft position control unit which includes;

a first subtractor which subtracts, from a speed of the first driving shaft, a speed of the object to be controlled detected;

an amplifier which amplifies a speed difference between the first driving shaft and the object to be controlled to produce output; and

a second subtractor, which subtracts, from a torque command value of the first driving shaft, the output of the amplifier, to output a torque command value of the first driving shaft, and

a second shaft position control unit which includes;

a first subtractor which subtracts, from a speed of the second driving shaft, a speed of the object to be controlled detected;

an amplifier which amplifies a speed difference between the second driving shaft and the object to be controlled to produce output; and

a second subtractor, which subtracts, from a torque command value of the second driving shaft, the output of the amplifier to output a torque command value of the second driving shaft.

2. The position control apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the position control apparatus controls each of positions of the first driving shaft and the second driving shaft by semi-closed position control that uses the position of each of the driving shafts as a feedback value,

the position control apparatus performs an estimate calculation obtain a position difference, the speed difference, and viscous friction that occur between the first driving shaft and the object to be controlled, and adds the obtained position difference, the obtained speed difference, and the obtained viscous friction to a position command value of the first driving shaft, a speed command value of the first driving shaft, and the torque command value of the first driving shaft, respectively, and

the position control apparatus performs an estimate calculation to obtain a position difference, the speed difference, and viscous friction that occur between the second driving shaft and the object to be controlled, and adds the obtained position difference, the obtained speed difference, and the obtained viscous friction to a position command value of the second driving shaft, a speed command value of the second driving shaft, and the torque command value of the second driving shaft, respectively.

3. The position control apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein each of the positions of the first driving shaft and the second driving shaft is controlled by full-closed position control that uses a position of the one object to be controlled as a feedback value,

an estimate calculation is performed to obtain the speed difference and viscous friction that occur between the first driving shaft and the object to be controlled, and the obtained speed difference and the obtained viscous friction are added to a speed command value of the first driving shaft and the torque command value of the first driving shaft, respectively, and

an estimate calculation is performed to obtain the speed difference and viscous friction that occur between the second driving shaft and the object to be controlled, and the obtained speed difference and the obtained viscous friction are added to a speed command value of the second driving shaft and the torque command value of the second driving shaft, respectively.