Abstract:
One embodiment describes a motor starter including a first single pole switching device that opens to disconnect power from a first winding of a motor; a second single pole switching device that closes after the first switching device opens to connect power to the first winding; a third single pole switching device that opens to disconnect power from a second winding of the motor; a fourth single pole switching device that closes after the third single pole switching device opens to connect power to the second winding; a fifth single pole switching device that opens to disconnect power form a third winding of the motor; and a sixth single pole switching device closes after the fifth single pole switching device opens to connect power to the third winding.
Abstract:
One embodiment describes a three-phase electromechanical switching device, which includes three single-phase switching devices mechanically and electrically coupled in parallel with one another. Each of the single-phase switching devices includes a direct current electromagnetic operator that receives a direct current control signal from control circuitry, in which the direct current control signal instructs the single phase switching device to open or close a single current carrying path in the single phase switching device at a desired time; stationary contacts disposed in a device housing; and a movable assembly that is displaced by energizing or de-energizing the electromagnetic operator, in which the movable assembly includes movable contacts that, with the stationary contacts, open and close the single current carrying path.
Abstract:
A control system may include a processor that may receive a first dataset associated with a type of load device coupled to a relay device. The processor may then receive a second dataset associated with one or more operations of the load device over a period of time. The processor may also determine a switching profile to control moving an armature of the relay device between a first position and a second position based on the first dataset and the second dataset, such that the switching profile comprises a firing angle for moving the armature with respect to an electrical waveform. The processor may then control a current provided to a relay coil of the relay device based on the switching profile.
Abstract:
One embodiment describes a method that includes determining, using a control circuitry, temperature of a switching device before a make operation by applying a measurement current to an operating coil of the switching device, wherein the measurement current is insufficient to make the switching device; and determining voltage at the operating coil when the measurement current is applied, in which the voltage at the operating coil is directly related to the temperature. The method further includes determining, using the control circuitry, when to apply a pull-in current to the operating coil to close the switching device based at least in part on the voltage at the operating coil, such that the switching device makes at a desired time.
Abstract:
One embodiment describes a tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor of an operating coil driver circuitry. The instructions include instructions to instruct a switch to supply a specific current to an operating coil of a switching device using a pulse-width modulated signal; determine duty cycle of the pulse-width modulated signal; and determine wellness of the switching device based at least in part on the duty cycle of the pulse-width module signal.
Abstract:
One embodiment describes a method that includes determining a desired torque level of a motor actuated by a motor starter; determining, using a control system, a configuration of the motor starter to achieve the desired torque level, in which determining the configuration includes determining which of a plurality of switching devices in the motor starter should be opened and which should be closed; and instructing, using the control system, the motor starter to implement the determined configuration by opening or closing one or more of the plurality of switching devices.
Abstract:
One embodiment describes a switching device system, which includes a first single pole switching device that selectively connects and disconnects a first phase of electric power to a first winding of a three phase motor; a second single switching device that selectively connects and disconnects a second phase of electric power to a second winding of the three phase motor; in which the first and second single pole switching devices control temperature of the motor by, at a first time, connecting the first phase and the second phase electric power to the motor.
Abstract:
One embodiment describes a wye-delta starter, which includes a first single pole, single current carrying path switching device that selectively connects and disconnects a first winding of a motor in a wye configuration; a second single pole, single current carrying path switching device that selectively connects and disconnects the first winding in a delta configuration, in which the first switching device and the second switching device are coupled via a first interlock; a third single pole, single current carrying path switching device that selectively connects and disconnects a second winding and a third winding of the motor in the wye configuration; a fourth single pole, single current carrying path switching device that selectively connects and disconnects the second winding in the delta configuration, in which the third switching device and the fourth switching device are coupled via a second interlock; and a fifth single pole, single current carrying path switching device that selectively connects and disconnects the third winding in the delta configuration.
Abstract:
One embodiment describes an operating coil driver circuitry, which includes a control circuitry that outputs a trigger signal and a reference voltage; an operational amplifier that compares the reference voltage to a node voltage, in which the node voltage is directly related to current flowing through an operating coil of a switching device and the operational amplifier outputs a logic high signal when the node voltage is higher than the reference voltage and outputs a logic low signal when the node voltage is lower than the reference voltage; and a flip-flop that outputs a pulse-width modulated signal to instruct a switch to supply a desired current to the operating coil based at least in part on the trigger signal and the signal output by the operational amplifier.
Abstract:
A control system may include a processor that may receive a first dataset associated with a type of load device coupled to a relay device. The processor may then receive a second dataset associated with one or more operations of the load device over a period of time. The processor may also determine a switching profile to control moving an armature of the relay device between a first position and a second position based on the first dataset and the second dataset, such that the switching profile comprises a firing angle for moving the armature with respect to an electrical waveform. The processor may then control a current provided to a relay coil of the relay device based on the switching profile.