Control device for hoist and control method thereof

• US 8,729,836 B2
• Filed: 09/29/2010
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KITO Corporation
• Original Assignee: KITO Corporation
• Inventors: Maruno, Masaharu, Furukawa, Kazuho, Matsuo, Daisuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Leykin, Rita
• Application Number:
  US13/498,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20120185084A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,329 Days
• Field of Search: 318/258, 318/256, 318/280, 318/10, 318/739, 318/281, 318/443, 318/282, 318/286, 318/466, 318/364, 318/365
• US Class Current: 318/258
• CPC Class Codes: B66D 1/14 Power transmissions between power sources and drums or barrels including brakes, one-way brakes, one-way clutches, clutches activated alternately with brakes, fixed ratio gearing unless otherwise provided for in B66D1/16 - B66D1/24
• CPC Class Codes: B66D 3/18 Power-operated hoists
• CPC Class Codes: B66D 5/30 electrical
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 2207/076 wherein both supplies are made via converters: especially doubly-fed induction machines; e.g. for starting
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 3/04 Means for stopping or slowing by a separate brake, e.g. friction brake or eddy-current brake

Abstract

A control device for a hoist, which enables easy judgment of the lifetime of a brake of a hoist is provided. The time setting unit sets the time from startup of a double winding induction motor to disengagement of the brake and the time from start of engagement of the brake to stopping of the double winding induction motor in accordance with the time from the startup of the double winding induction motor to generation of torque. The time changing unit detects if power-supply frequency of a power supply is 50 Hz or 60 Hz and can change at least one of the time from the startup of the double winding induction motor to the disengagement of the brake and the time from stopping of driving of the brake to stopping of double winding induction motor in accordance with the power-supply frequency of the power supply.

Claims

1. A control device for a hoist comprising:

a time setting unit for setting the time from startup of a double winding induction motor performing lifting or lowering by a first speed or a second speed lower than said first speed to disengage a brake which brakes said double winding induction motor, and setting the time from start of engagement of said brake to stopping of said double winding induction motor, in accordance with the time from the startup of said double winding induction motor to a generation of a torque; and

a time changing unit for detecting a power-supply frequency of a power supply supplying power to said hoist and capable of changing at least one of the time from the startup of said double winding induction motor to the disengagement of said brake and the time from the start of engagement of said brake to the stopping of said double winding induction motor, in accordance with the power-supply frequency of said power supply.

2. A control device for a hoist according to claim 1, further comprising:

an engagement time detection unit for detecting an engagement time of said brake; and

a replacement timing judgment unit for judging a replacement timing of the brake, based on the engagement time detected by said engagement time detection unit.

3. A control device for a hoist according to claim 1, wherein said time setting unit is configured to set the time from the startup of said double winding induction motor to the disengagement of said brake and the time from the start of engagement of said brake to the stopping of said double winding induction motor in a manner changeable by parameters.

4. A control device for a hoist according to claim 1, further comprising an induction motor instruction unit for instructing said double winding induction motor to stop after switching from the lifting or the lowering at said first speed to the lifting or the lowering at said second speed, when the lifting or the lowering at said first speed is performed.

5. A control device for a hoist according to claim 1, further comprising an induction motor instruction unit for instructing said double winding induction motor to switch from the lifting or the lowering at said second speed after the startup to the lifting or the lowering at said first speed, when the lifting or the lowering at said first speed is performed.

7. A control device for a hoist according to claim 2, wherein said time setting unit sets the time from the startup of said double winding induction motor to the disengagement of said brake and the time from the start of engagement of said brake to the stopping of said double winding induction motor in a manner changeable by parameters.

6. A method of controlling a hoist having a double winding induction motor which performs lifting or lowering by a first speed or by a second speed lower than said first speed, and a brake which brakes said double winding induction motor, said method comprising:

detecting power-supply frequency of a power supplysupplying power to said double winding induction motor; and

changing at least one of the time from startup of the double winding induction motor to disengagement of the brake set in accordance with the time from the startup of said double winding induction motor to generation of torque, and the time from the startup of said double winding induction motor to stopping of said double winding induction motor set in accordance with the time from the startup of said double winding induction motor to the generation of torque, in accordance with the power-supply frequency of said power supply.