Abstract:
The chain of an electromotive chain saw is quickly stopped by the combined use of an electric brake and a mechanical brake when a trigger member is turned off. The rear end of a brake band disposed to tighten a brake drum by operating a hand guard is secured to a bent rod. When the trigger member is released, the brake band is normally tightened around the outer periphery of a brake drum by the urging force of a coil spring. When the trigger member is released, a circuit provided with a brake winding is closed, thereby applying a dynamic braking force. When the dynamic brake force is applied, a centrifugal clutch is released quickly and the speed of stopping the brake drum is accelerated.
Abstract:
An electrical switch, particularly for a breaking circuit includes first and second changeover switches. The first and second changeover switches each comprise first and second stationary contacts and a switching contact. A plunger is operatively connected to a rocker for causing the rocker to pivot between a non-operated position and an operated position. The second stationary contacts are associated with the non-operated position of the plunger. A spring is connected between the rocker and the switching contacts. The spring is arranged on the rocker and on the switching contacts so that at least when switching over from the second stationary contacts to the first stationary contacts the switching contacts are lifted off the second stationary contacts essentially synchronously. A delay device is coupled to the switching contact of the first changeover switch for only delaying movement of the first switching contact of the first changeover switch when switching over from the first stationary contact to the second stationary contact after that switching contact has lifted off the first stationary contact. The switching contact of the first changeover switch thus comes to rest against its second stationary contact later than the switching contact of the second changeover switch comes to rest against its second stationary contact.
Abstract:
A description of a method and a device for monitoring the braking of a D.C. motor of a printing machine such as a sheet-fed offset printing machine is given. For safety purposes, in the case of an emergency stop an electrical braking should always be carried out with the maximum torque of the D.C. motor. For this purpose, the disclosed method provides that the actual value of the armature current is detected and compared to a maximum permissible value for the electrical braking. In the event of an impermissibly high deviation and, in particular, in the event of an undershoot of the armature current relative to the maximum permissible value, the power converter and motor are disconnected from the power supply and an electrically actuable brake is applied to the motor.
Abstract:
A braking system for a powered rotary tool of the type in which a shaft is rotated about an axis by a motor includes a first brake element mounted for rotation with the shaft; a second brake element which is restrained from rotation; a biasing member normally urging the first brake element in an axial direction into braking contact with the second brake element and a brake release subsystem, the brake release subsystem to release the braking contact between the first and second brake elements upon start-up of the motor. On start-up of the motor, the shaft is free to rotate through a small angle of rotation before initiating rotation of the first brake element. The release subsystem includes at lease one pair of co-operating ramp surfaces, one of the ramp surfaces being arranged for rotation with the shaft and the other of the ramp surfaces being arranged for rotation with the first brake element. The braking system of the present invention is particularly suitable for use on a rotary-blade lawn mower.
Abstract:
An automated tape library employing a motorized robotic picker wherein the electric motor driving the robotic picker is equipped with two brakes that act simultaneously. The first is a mechanical brake which uses a spring to push a fixed brake pad against the rotating motor. During normal motor operation, an electric solenoid is used to overcome the spring and disengage the brake pad from the motor. When the robotic picker is to be mechanically stopped, the solenoid voltage is turned off and the solenoid releases the spring placing the brake pad in contact with the motor. The second brake is a dynamic electrical brake which makes use of the back emf of the motor to drive a current back into its own windings such that the motor decelerates. The circuit further prevents mechanical brake engagement even at lower motor speeds when back emf is relatively low but robot speed is fast enough to cause mechanical damage if stopped via the mechanical brake.
Abstract:
A variable speed electric hoist includes an invertor unit for frequency-controlling the speed of rotation of a lifting motor, a brake on/off section for turning off a brake according to a command produced from the invertor unit while the invertor unit is supplying a three-phase AC current to the lifting motor. The electric hoist also includes an emergency brake turn-on section for detecting a condition that a command produced from the invertor unit is not stopped after a lifting/lowering command is stopped to thereby turn on the brake upon detection of the condition.
Abstract:
A rotational position, velocity and acceleration of an electrical motor are detected and an amount of overrun produced when the motor has stopped is estimated from the detected velocity and acceleration, and at least one of motor position detection data and a positioning target value is changed in accordance with the estimated amount of overrun. The position detection data and the positioning target value after the change are compared with each other and a command for stopping the motor is generated in accordance with a result of this comparison. A brake is applied to the motor in advance by the amount of the estimated overrun so that the motor is stopped at a desired target position after making overrun. Further, velocity setting signals are generated in accordance with desired acceleration and deceleration characteristics and the velocity control of the motor is effected in an open loop in response to the velocity setting signals. By the stop and velocity controls of an open loop system, positioning control of the motor of the open loop system can be accurately performed.
Abstract:
In this drive control the regulating circuits for the rotational speed of a drive motor and of an eddy current brake are matched in their static and in their dynamic behavior so that a common regulator may be used for both regulating circuits. The matching is achieved by interposing a current regulation circuit for regulating the excitation current of the eddy current brake to the rotational speed regulating circuit. The output of the common regulator is supplied via a linearization member as a reference value to a regulator in the current regulation circuit during the deceleration phase. During the acceleration phase the output of the common regulator is supplied to a matching element matching the variation of the torque to the variation of the torque during the deceleration phase with respect to time. The output of the matching element is connected to the control member of the drive motor via a linearization member. By means of the linearization members the characteristics of a d.c.-shunt motor are approximately achievable. A distance regulating circuit is superposed on the rotational speed regulating circuit. The distance reference value is derived from jerk and acceleration magnitudes during the acceleration phase as well as during the deceleration phase, so that an optimum travel curve is achievable.
Abstract:
A variable speed motor control system for controlling the vertical speed of a hoist. An electro-mechanical brake means locks the hoist load in place when the system is off or when the motor speed is set at a zero speed setting. A quick response circuit is connected into the system for a predetermined time duration after the system is switched from a zero speed to any speed setting (high or low speed), to enable the motor to quickly gain control over the load and prevent the load from slipping as the motor accelerates to the set speed after the brake is released. An initial delay timer is turned on when electrical power is first connected into the system, to prevent transfer of electrical power to the motor and to prevent release of the brake, for a predetermined period of time. A hoist (up-down) electro-mechanical contactor connects electrical power from a source to a thyristor static switch. The system is reset to a start point and the thyristor switch is turned off, when the hoist switch is switched to an off-position but prior to the corresponding line switches breaking their connection with the thyristor switch.
Abstract:
A support housing having a cylindrical bore in which a complementary cylindrical spool valve is carried and screwthreadedly engaged with the housing, the valve being rotated by a drive motor for linear movement of the valve in the bore, an inlet port and an outlet port opening to the bore so that communication therebetween is accurately controlled by the linear positioning of the spool valve, a pulse drum structure connected with and rotating with the spool valve and having sensor points thereon which, as the pulse drum rotates with the valve, pass by a sensing device which is thus enabled to sense linear change of position of the drum and hence its associated valve, and a control system operatively connected with the sensing device and the drive motor for actuating the valve to accurately located positions providing selected flow rates through the valve.