Abstract: A system for limiting charging current of capacitive filters of power cells of a cascaded modular power converter during the start-up period where a low-voltage power source is used, supplying a controlled power switching arrangement controlled by the general controller of the cascaded modular power converter, making it possible to limit the charging current of the capacitors of the power cells during the start-up period of the cascaded modular converter. The controlled power switching arrangement communicates with the general controller of the cascaded modular power converter over a communication channel. The communication means send the commands to start or end the start-up process of the cascaded modular converter.

Abstract: A drive device, in particular an electric-motor adjustment drive of a motor vehicle, comprising a drive housing having a brushless electric motor mounted therein, the electric motor having a stator having a stator winding and a rotor having a rotor shaft, the rotor shaft being coupled to a transmission mechanism. The drive housing has a transmission mechanism housing and a motor housing, which is connected to the transmission mechanism housing at a connection interface. A plug connection for receiving a mating plug connection is provided on the motor housing or on the transmission mechanism housing, the plug connection having a number of connection contacts. A number of phase connections of the stator winding is led into a joining and/or contacting position. The phase connections are led, for the electrical contacting thereof, to the connection contacts of the plug connection.

Abstract: Systems and methods for auto-calibration of current supplied to a motor of an actuator may include supplying an initial electrical current to the motor. One or more sensors may measure a condition corresponding to the motor as the initial electrical current is supplied to the motor. A processing circuit may compare the measured condition to an expected condition. The processing circuit may adjust a supply of the initial electrical current to the motor until the measured condition substantially matches the expected condition. The processing circuit may store data regarding an association between the adjusted supply of initial electrical current and the expected condition.

Abstract: A power consumption control device includes: a voltage detection circuit configured to detect whether an input power supply of a magnetic levitation system to be controlled is turned off; and a comparison unit configured to detect an operating parameter of a motor of the magnetic levitation system during an operation of the motor as a generator, and compare the operating parameter with a set parameter to obtain a comparison result; a motor controller of the magnetic levitation system controls the motor of the magnetic levitation system to operate as the generator in a case that the input power supply is turned off, a bearing controller of the magnetic levitation system adjusts a magnitude of a bearing bias current of the magnetic levitation system according to the comparison result, to control a power consumption of a magnetic levitation bearing of the magnetic levitation system within a set range.

Abstract: A power tool includes a housing. A motor is housed in the housing. A platen is driven by the motor. The housing includes a first housing part, a second housing part and a third housing part. The housing defines a battery receptacle portion configured to receive a removable battery pack which powers the motor. Each of the first housing part, the second housing part and the third housing part form part of the battery receptacle portion.

Abstract: Systems and methods of controlling a length of an air gap in an electric machine using an air gap controller may include: determining an air gap length value for an electric machine at least in part using an air gap controller, comparing the determined air gap length value to an air gap target value using the air gap controller, and outputting a control command from the air gap controller to a controllable device associated with an air gap control system when the determined air gap length value differs from the air gap target value by a predefined threshold. A control command may be configured to impart a change to an operating parameter associated with the air gap control system to adjust a length of an air gap between an outer surface of a rotor core and an inner surface of a stator core of the electric machine.

Abstract: A method for estimating the temperature of a stator coil of a magnetic suspension bearing of a rotor that is connected by connection wires to circuits for servo-controlling the position of the rotor includes the following steps: measuring the electric voltage at the terminals of the connection wires of the stator coil; measuring the intensity of the current passing through the stator coil; estimating the electric resistance of the stator coil and of the connection wires on the basis of an adaptive filter, the measured electric voltage and the intensity of the measured current; and estimating the temperature of the coil on the basis of the value of the estimated resistance.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a variable-frequency compressor with adaptive heating power control and a method for operating the same. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the variable-frequency compressor includes: a compression unit, for compressing a medium entering the variable-frequency compressor; a motor, including a stator and a rotor, for driving the compression unit; and a controller, configured to adaptively control a heating power of a winding of the stator according to information of the variable-frequency compressor.

Abstract: A measurement circuit that is configured to provide a torque reading to a motion controller includes an offset controller and an amplifier. The offset controller is configured to read a temperature signal and to generate an offset voltage in response to receiving the temperature signal. The amplifier is configured to read a differential voltage from a differential sensor and to receive the offset voltage from the offset controller. The amplifier is also configured to add the offset voltage to the differential voltage after applying a gain to the differential voltage to generate an adjusted voltage. The amplifier is then configured to transmit the adjusted voltage.

Abstract: A power converter including a diode converter, an inverter, a smoothing capacitor, a resistor; a current sensor; an estimation unit; and a control unit. The diode converter rectifies an alternating current from a power supply. The inverter is formed such that a DC side is connected to a DC output of the diode converter and an AC side is connected to an electric motor and includes a semiconductor switching element which converts DC power on the DC side into AC power and a reverse connection diode which is connected in antiparallel with the semiconductor switching element. The smoothing capacitor is provided in the DC output of the diode converter. The resistor is connected in parallel with the smoothing capacitor. The current sensor detects a load current flowing between the inverter and the electric motor.

Abstract: A stator defines multiple stator poles with associated electrical windings. A rotor includes multiple rotor poles. The rotor is movable with respect to the stator and defines, together with the stator, a nominal gap between the stator poles and the rotor poles. The rotor poles includes a magnetically permeable pole material. The rotor also includes a series of frequency programmable flux channels (FPFCs). Each FPFC includes a conductive loop surrounding an associated rotor pole. The stator and the rotor are arranged such that the electrical windings in the stator induce an excitement current within at least one of the FPFCs during start-up.

Abstract: There is provided a motor control device which enables torque ripple suppressing control high in followability by executing direct voltage control. A motor control device includes a voltage command calculation unit 15 which calculates a d-axis voltage command value Vdref and a q-axis voltage command value Vqref from a d-axis current command value id* and a q-axis current command value iq* of a motor 6, a feed forward command value calculation unit 23 which calculates a qi-axis voltage feed forward command value Vqff* for generating a q-axis current ripple on the basis of spatial harmonic parameters and the frequency characteristics of a motor winding, and a subtraction unit 10 which subtracts the q-axis voltage feed forward command value Vqff* calculated by the feed forward command value calculation unit 23 from the q-axis voltage command value Vqref calculated by the voltage command calculation unit 15.

Abstract: A first torque calculation unit 114 calculates torque TQ_DC currently generated by a motor 106 based on a DC current DC1. A second torque calculation unit 115 calculates torque TQ_UVW currently generated by the motor 106 based on U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase currents. A torque limit calculation unit 116 calculates a torque limit TQ_LMT1 using a torque limit characteristic map measured in advance based on a current limit DC_LMT1. A torque limit correction unit 117 compares first torque TQ_DC with second torque TQ_UVW to calculate a torque variation degree KP1. Then, the torque limit TQ_LMT1 is corrected using the variation degree KP1 to calculate a torque limit TQ_LMT2. As a result, even if required torque reaches the torque limit, the DC current does not exceed the current limit, and the output of the motor can be fully utilized by approaching the current limit.

Abstract: A device and method for activating a conveyor device. An actual value for a pose of a device movable by the conveyor device by a magnetic force action is received. Depending on the actual value for the pose, as a function of a setpoint value for a torque, as a function of a setpoint value for a force, and as a function of a model, a setpoint value for the activation of at least one actuator of the conveyor device is determined. The model is trained to determine setpoint values for the activation of the at least one actuator as a function of actual values for poses of the device and as a function of setpoint values for torques and setpoint values for forces, using which the device is to be moved.

Abstract: A compressor driving device includes a three-phase alternating current power supply input end, a relay module, a rectifier circuit, and a driving control circuit which are sequentially connected; the rectifier circuit is used for converting connected alternating current into direct current and then outputting the direct current to a direct current bus; the driving control circuit is used for converting the direct current output by the direct current bus into compressor driving power; a pressure switch is used for measuring the pressure value in a refrigerating system, and when the measured pressure value is larger than a preset pressure threshold, disconnecting the power supply circuit of the relay module; the driving control circuit is also used for detecting the on-off state of the pressure switch and controlling the compressor to stop working when the pressure switch is switched off.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an inductance detection method includes steps of: (a) acquiring a stator resistance of the reluctance motor; (b) injecting a high-frequency sinusoidal signal in the d-axis or q-axis direction; (c) injecting an align signal command in the q-axis or d-axis direction; (d) receiving a dq-axes signal generated through injecting the high-frequency sinusoidal signal and the align signal command; (e) sampling a motor feedback signal generated through receiving the dq-axes signal; (f) in the direction of injecting the high-frequency sinusoidal signal, calculating an amplitude difference between the high-frequency sinusoidal signal and the motor feedback signal, and adjusting an amplitude of the high-frequency sinusoidal signal according to the amplitude difference for regulating a feedback amplitude of the motor feedback signal; and (g) when the feedback amplitude reaching an expected amplitude, calculating an apparent inductance of the reluctance motor based on the dq-axes signal, the

Abstract: A circuit for controlling a motor that includes control circuitry configured to determine whether a commutation event has occurred for a first sector of a plurality of sectors of a cycle for the motor based on a first selected phase current signal and a second selected phase current signal. In response to a determination that the commutation event has occurred for the first sector, the control circuitry is configured to determine that the motor is operating in a second sector of the plurality of sectors of the cycle for the motor. The control circuitry is further configured to determine a second angle of stator voltage vector for the motor based on the determination that the motor is operating in the second sector and generate the control signal based on the second angle of stator voltage vector for the motor.

Abstract: A motor-drive system may include a rectifier, a metal-oxide varistor (MOV) assembly, and an inverter. The rectifier may generate a direct current (DC) voltage based on a first voltage received from at least one supply voltage line coupled to a voltage source. The MOV assembly may include at least two metal-oxide varistors (MOVs) respectively coupled to the at least one supply voltage lines. The MOV assembly may couple between the voltage source and the rectifier. The motor-drive system may also include a permanently-installed jumper to couple at least one MOV of the at least two MOVs of the MOV assembly to a system ground. The inverter of the motor-drive system may convert the DC voltage to an alternating current (AC) voltage, which may be provided to a load of the motor-drive system.

Abstract: For example, the switching drive device 100 includes a driver 30 configured to drive an N-type semiconductor switch element, a current limiter 50 configured to limit a current fed to a boot capacitor BC1 included in a bootstrap circuit BTC, and a current controller 60 configured to control the operation of the current limiter 50. The current controller 60 is configured to drive the current limiter 50 to limit the current fed to the boot capacitor BC1 when the charge voltage across the boot capacitor BC1 is higher than a threshold value.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for electric machine torque adjustment based on waveform integer multiples are disclosed herein. One electric machine controller arranged to direct pulsed operation of an electric machine includes utilizing a pulse controller that calculates an average torque based upon a time period that corresponds with an integer multiple of a waveform cycle of a pulse waveform.