Abstract: A washing machine and a control method thereof sensing an unbalance condition occurring during a spin-dry cycle. The washing machine includes a controller controlling a speed of a motor in accordance with a weight of laundry contained in a rotating tub, upon wrapping the laundry at an initial stage of the spin-dry cycle. A gradient of the motor speed in a laundry wrapping process is determined, depending on the weight of the laundry. Accordingly, to greatly reduce a time prior to a main spin-dry process is possible, while preventing abnormal vibrations from being generated when a rotating speed of the rotating tub reaches a speed, at which resonance occurs.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a rotation body control device capable of suppressing a vibration, and a washing machine including the same. The rotation body control device includes at least two balancing units each including an annular race and a plurality of rolling bodies seated in the race to be moved according to a rotation of the rotation body; a rotation number measuring unit measuring a number of rotations of the rotation body; a detecting unit detecting a rotation speed of the rotation body; an analysis unit analyzing a variation in the rotation speed detected by the detecting unit and calculating a weight of the imbalance occurring in the rotation body; and a control unit controlling the rotation of the rotation body according to the calculated weight of the imbalance by the analyzing unit.

Abstract: A washing machine and a control method thereof sensing an unbalance condition occurring during a spin-dry cycle. The washing machine includes a controller controlling a speed of a motor in accordance with a weight of laundry contained in a rotating tub, upon wrapping the laundry at an initial stage of the spin-dry cycle. A gradient of the motor speed in a laundry wrapping process is determined, depending on the weight of the laundry. Accordingly, to greatly reduce a time prior to a main spin-dry process is possible, while preventing abnormal vibrations from being generated when a rotating speed of the rotating tub reaches a speed, at which resonance occurs.