APPARATUS FOR SELECTING MOTOR CONTROLLER

• US 20100228697A1
• Filed: 05/18/2010
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki
• Inventors: Muta, Yoshihisa, Ando, Amane, Nagata, Takeshi, KOMIYA, Takehiko
• Granted Patent: US 7,984,009 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 for selecting a motor controller comprising;

a selection calculation unit that performs calculation for selecting a motor controller on the basis of conditions of use and a characteristics database of the motor controller;

an input unit for inputting the conditions of use, the input unit including

a mechanism condition input unit for inputting a motor element and machine elements as mechanism conditions, and

a command setting unit for setting an operation pattern of one of the elements as the conditions of use,

the mechanism condition input unit including

a monitoring unit that calculates at least one of physical quantities related to translation or rotation 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 element or the machine elements and in accordance with the machine elements;

an output unit that outputs a selection result of the motor controller; and

an evaluation unit that evaluates whether the motor controller or a machine system is operable on the basis of a value calculated by the monitoring unit and a predetermined threshold.

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

wherein the command setting unit can edit, change, and set the operation pattern of one of the elements and can refer to the value calculated by the monitoring unit.

3. The apparatus for selecting 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 for selecting a motor controller according to claim 3,

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

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

wherein the evaluation unit outputs to the output unit remaining capacities of the motor element on the basis of the characteristics database including the characteristics of the motor controller or remaining capacities of the machine elements on the basis of the mechanism condition characteristics database including the characteristics of the machine elements in accordance with a predetermined criterion.

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

wherein the characteristics database or the mechanism condition characteristics database is obtained from a storage medium storing the databases or obtained through a network.

7. The apparatus for selecting 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 for selecting a motor controller according to claim 1,

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

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

a peripheral device selection unit that selects peripheral devices to be used in combination with the motor and the controller from the peripheral device database.