Abstract:
A negative resistance circuit such as a pulse-forming or relaxation oscillator circuit employing a unijunction transistor as the negative resistance element and adapted for firing an SCR or the like. The tendency of the negative resistance element to fail to recover to non-conducting condition after it has been triggered into conduction, due to a low valley current characteristic, is overcome by an improved recovery circuit that uses the interbase current to reduce the input current.
Abstract:
A digital pulse deleter for use with digital control systems of electric motors driving work stand rolls in processing lines to afford selective adjustment of motor speeds calibrated in terms of percentages of elongation between successive work stands. The deleter can be adjusted by readily made changes in electrical interconnections to be determinative of what percentage of input pulses will and what percentage of such pulses will not be subject to deletion by selector switches. Operation of the selector switch permits selection of the increments of pulses subject to deletion that will be actually deleted with such increments being calibrated as a percentage or a per unit value of elongation or draw. The percentage of total deleter input pulses not subject to deletion is determinative of the maximum elongation or draw ratio to which the deleter will be so calibrated.
Abstract:
A D.C. motor control system of the closed loop regulating type is disclosed. The system includes a timed speed reference circuit with means for clamping the same to hold the speed reference voltage change at a rate that corresponds to the rate of motor speed change when armature current limit action occurs during acceleration and deceleration periods of the motor. A speed error spill-through circuit is also provided to increase the proportional speed gain of the system when the speed error increases beyond a given percentage of base speed to afford improved damping characteristics and reduce overshoot or undershoot of the overall motor drive.
Abstract:
A single-phase full-wave regenerative SCR (silicon controlled rectifier) drive having a series and shunt, T-network, reactor configuration, minimum firing of both forward and regenerative SCR''s, and current feedback regulation. The reactor configuration along with the controlled minimum firing angle assures continuous current through the motor armature over substantially the entire load range except for the low 10 to 20 percent whereas normally continuous current occurred only in about the upper half of the load range. This allows the current regulator to be designated for continuous current rather than discontinuous current, having higher gain, and affording better control. By continuous current, heating also is reduced.