Abstract:
A motor control circuit is disclosed, which comprises an operation switch to issue the forward rotation or reverse rotation signal, driving means to operate the motor to the forward or reverse direction in response to the forward rotation or reverse rotation signal from said operation switch, rotation detecting means to detect the rotating condition of the motor, and stopping means to cut off the power to said motor when, during the operation of the operation switch, the rotation detecting means continues to detect, for a certain period of time, that the rotation of the motor has been stopped.
Abstract:
A control circuit which permits a direct current motor to operate during traction or during braking in such a manner that energy can be either dissipated or recovered; and, in particular, the invention embodies gradual, continuous, and reversible shifting from one form of braking action to another.
Abstract:
A torch for gas-shielded arc welding in a deep narrow groove comprises a current contact torch bit (1) with an electrode (2) and a nozzle for supplying the shielding gas to the welding zone, which communicates with a gas-feeding tube (4) and is provided with at least one row of horizontally arranged holes (5). The nozzle is a closed chamber (3) made as a symmetrical wedge whose sharp edge faces the electrode (2) and is in one plane with the axis thereof. The side walls and bottom of the chamber (3) feature at least one additional row of holes (6) whose axes lie in one plane approximately perpendicular to the walls (7) of the groove.The torch is designed primarily for welding of very thick workpieces.
Abstract:
A propulsion system for an electrically driven traction vehicle includes a chopper, a d-c traction motor, and means effective when the system is operating in a motoring mode for connecting the chopper in series with the armature and the field windings of the motor to a d-c electric power source that includes a filter capacitor. Cyclically operative means provides periodic gating signals for alternately turning on and turning off the chopper, and it can be smoothly changed from a constant frequency, variable pulse width mode to a variable frequency, constant (minimum) off time mode so as to vary the "duty factor" of the chopper over a wide range extending up to 100 percent on time. Brake set up means is operative in response to a motoring-to-braking command for reconnecting the chopper in parallel with the motor and the filter capacitor and for reversing the polarity of the connection of the series field winding relative to the armature. In response to this operation of the brake set up means, current in the field of the motor is momentarily boosted, and an extended chopper turn on signal having a duration substantially longer than that of the aforesaid periodic gating signals is supplied to the chopper to ensure that it turns on and conducts armature current to begin the braking mode of operation even if the command happens to take place at low speeds when the electromotive force of the motor is correspondingly low.
Abstract:
Means for detecting operation of a direct-current motor in the reversed or braking mode. Means are provided for receiving signals representative of armature current and of the mark-space conduction ratio of a motor control thyristor A rise in motor current above a predetermined value, coupled with a decline in mark-space ratio below a predetermined value, causes the disclosed circuit to produce an output signal which is utilized to temporarily limit conduction of the motor control thyristor and procure controlled deceleration.
Abstract:
A method and a system wherein the electric power generated by a motor in the braking mode is distributed between a dynamic brake resistor and the motor supply lines in a ratio that varies as a function of the degree of power receptivity of the motor supply lines. Power receptivity is the capability of the supply lines to accept the power generated by the motor in the braking mode at a given time.