Abstract: A motor drive apparatus 1 having a dynamic braking circuit 5 for producing a deceleration torque utilizing a braking force caused by a synchronous motor 4 acting as a generator when the synchronous motor 4 is deenergized, is equipped with a dynamic braking circuit fault detection capability, and comprises: a DC power supply 2 which is obtained by rectifying input AC power; voltage application means 2, 3, 10, 11 for applying a voltage to the windings of the synchronous motor 4 and to the dynamic braking circuit 5 for a predetermined length of time by switching power transistors A to F connected to the DC power supply 2; current detection means 6 for detecting the value of a current flowing from the power transistors A to F; and fault checking means 11 for checking the dynamic braking circuit 5 for the presence or absence of a fault, based on the current value detected by the current detection means 6 and on a predefined threshold value.

Abstract: A control device, for a servo die cushion, by which the speed of a die cushion is prevented from largely deviating from the speed of a slide, whereby the press force between the slide and the die cushion is not significantly reduced. The control device includes a slide speed detector for detecting the speed of the slide, a die cushion speed detector for detecting the speed of the die cushion, and a die cushion speed commanding part for controlling the speed of the die cushion. When a tentative speed command of the die cushion is largely deviated from the detected slide speed, the command of the die cushion is corrected such that the absolute value thereof does not exceed the value calculated by adding the absolute value of the detected slide speed to a positive constant.

Abstract: A servo motor controller having: a frequency identification section that performs analysis based on a frequency response method and identifies the frequency of a disturbance exhibiting a specified phase lag; an input/output gain identification section that identifies the input/output gain at the frequency identified by the frequency identification section; and a magnification factor resetting section that resets an adjustment magnification factor by performing a specified operation on a ratio between the identified input/output gain and a specified target value of the input/output gain.

Abstract: Phosphor layers (110G, 110B, and 110R) are made of a combination of: blue and green phosphors that are positively charged on their surfaces and baked in an oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere to reduce oxygen vacancy, and that have a ?-alumina crystal structure; and a red phosphor made of an yttrium oxide compound. Uniformly forming such phosphor layers on the wall surfaces of barrier ribs (109) provides equal charge characteristics of the phosphors of respective colors, reduces oxygen vacancy in the phosphors, and inhibits adsorption of various gases in the panel production process. This can stabilize the discharge characteristics and prevent luminance degradation at driving the panel.

Abstract: A controller for a servomotor capable of improving accuracy of positioning and quality of a machined surface by switching modes of correction of a position command or the like, and reducing a shock at the time of switching. A correction amount generating section obtains a correction amount based on a value of a correction factor such as machine temperature. When the external signal is in ON state, a position command or the like is corrected by the correction amount obtained by the correction amount generating section and sent via switches. A correction amount holding section holds the correction amount obtained by the correction amount generating section. When the external signal turns to OFF state, the connection of the switches is changed so that correction is performed by the correction amount held in the correction amount holding section. When the connection of the switches is changed, the correction amount does not change rapidly, so that the machine does not suffer a shock.

Abstract: A device for controlling a die cushion mechanism including a servo-motor as a drive source and producing a force adapted to be applied to a slide in a press machine. The device includes a section for commanding a force to be produced by the die cushion mechanism; a section for detecting a force produced by the die cushion mechanism and applied to the slide; a section for detecting a moving speed of the slide; and a section for executing a force control on the servo-motor. The force controlling section executes force controls in mutually different modes on the servo-motor, through mutually different control loops, one mode being provided for an initial stage defined from an instant when the die cushion mechanism starts producing the force to be applied to the slide until a predetermined subsequent instant, and another mode being provided for a succeeding stage defined after the predetermined subsequent instant, by using at least a slide-speed detected value detected by the slide-speed detecting section.

Abstract: First shaped item with shaft part is produced by forward extrusion forming of work, and further, upset forming thereof is carried out to thereby obtain second shaped item with large-diameter part. Subsequently, backward extrusion forming of the second shaped item is carried out to thereby obtain third shaped item having not only cup part provided with ball rolling grooves but also circular diameter expansion portion provided at the mouth area of the inside wall of the cup part along the circumferential direction in such a fashion that the diameter is gradually expanded from the bottom side toward the opening side. Outer ring member for constant-velocity joint is obtained by further subjecting the third shaped item to low-temperature annealing treatment, shot blast treatment and lubricating chemical coating treatment, and thereafter to ironing forming.

Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling a die cushion mechanism including a servo-motor as a drive source and producing a force adapted to be applied to a slide in a press machine. The control apparatus includes a force commanding section for commanding a force to be produced by the die cushion mechanism; a force detecting section for detecting the force produced by the die cushion mechanism; a motor-speed detecting section for detecting an operating speed of the servo-motor; a slide-speed detecting section for detecting a moving speed of the slide; and a force controlling section for executing a force control on the servo-motor, based on a force command value commanded by the force commanding section, a force detected value detected by the force detecting section, a motor-speed detected value detected by the motor-speed detecting section and a slide-speed detected value detected by the slide-speed detecting section.

Abstract: Abnormality of a position error is quickly detected in a control device in which feedforward control is introduced. A position error estimation processing unit calculates a position error estimation value Err, for example, from the equation V/PG×(1??) (V: first order differential of position command, PG: position gain in position controller, ?: feedforward coefficient in feedforward term calculating unit), and abnormality of the position error is detected using an excessive-error detection level calculating by adding a margin ?E to the position error estimation value.

Abstract: A device (110) for judging the collision of a slide (24) with a die cushion in a die cushion mechanism (20) which produces a force against the slide in a press machine using a servo motor (18) as a drive source, comprising force detection means (21) for detecting a force produced between the die cushion and the slide; and comparator means (95) for comparing a force detection value (Fd) detected by the force detection means with a predetermined threshold value (L1); wherein, when the force detection value becomes greater than the threshold value, it is so judged that the slide has come into collision with the die cushion. Thus, the collision is judged within a short period of time and reliably. The collision may be judged by comparing differentiated values (Fd?, Fd?) of the force detection value, slide position detection value (Y1d) or slide position instruction value (Y1c) or other related threshold values.

Abstract: A control device of a die cushion mechanism, by which a force between a slide and a die cushion may follow a commanded value even in the rapid acceleration or deceleration of the slide and, moreover, a problem such as vibration of the mechanism may be prevented in the gradual acceleration or deceleration of the slide. The control device includes a slide position detecting part, such as a position sensor, for detecting the position of the slide and a correcting part for correcting a current commanded value using an acceleration of the slide, obtained by second-order differentiation of the position of the slide detected by the position sensor.

Abstract: The control apparatus 10 of a servo motor of the present invention has a position control unit 11 controlling the position of a servo motor 33, a speed control unit 12 controlling a speed of the servo motor 33, a distributing unit 13 dividing the speed command output by the position control unit 11 into a filtered part Vf which is filtered to suppress vibration and a nonfiltered part Vnf, a filtering unit 14 receiving as input the filtered part Vf and filtering and outputting the filtered part Vf, and an adder unit 15 adding the filtered part Vf filtered by the filtering unit 14 and the nonfiltered part Vnf and outputting the result to the speed control unit 12.

Abstract: A control device (10) for a die cushion mechanism that produces a force for a slide (24) in a press machine, comprising slide velocity command-forming means (61) for forming a velocity command for the slide (24), die cushion velocity command-forming means (62) for forming a velocity command for said die cushion (20), and velocity relation calculation means (65) for calculating a velocity relation between the velocity of the slide and the velocity of the die cushion based on a rate of increase (dF) in the force produced between the slide and the die cushion immediately after the collision of the slide with the die cushion. The cushion velocity command-forming means forms the velocity command for the die cushion based upon the slide velocity command formed by the slide velocity command-forming means and upon the velocity relation calculated by the velocity relation-calculation means. This makes it possible to form an optimum velocity command for the slide and/or the die cushion.

Abstract: A device for controlling a feed motion of a feed control axis and a rotary motion of a rotary control axis, both axes being provided in a machine tool so that the rotary control axis is fed along the feed control axis. The device includes an interference estimating section estimating an interference generated between the feed control axis and the rotary control axis, based on a position command instructed to at least one of the feed control axis and the rotary control axis and a position and mass information of an eccentric load carried by the rotary control axis; and a command correcting section correcting a current command given to at least one of the feed control axis and the rotary control axis, based on the interference estimated by the interference estimating section.

Abstract: A control system, for a press machine including a plurality of die cushions, by which force control and position control may be suitably switched from one to another in each control device for each of the die cushions. The control system includes a plurality of control devices for controlling a servomotor of each die cushion and a switching signal generating part capable of collecting the judgment result of each control device. The switching signal generating part transmits a switching signal to each control device, in order to switch the control mode of each control device.

Abstract: A motor control apparatus comprises a control processing unit (3) creating a motor drive command, power supply processing units (2A to 2D) supplying a driving voltage to a motor, and a signal relay processing unit (4) supplying the motor drive command received from unit (3) to power supply processing units (2A to 2D). Control processing unit (3) transmits a preparation request flag to power supply processing units (2A to 2D) via signal relay processing unit (4), which includes a preparation complete flag register storing preparation complete flags each transmitted from each of power supply processing units (2A to 2D) to indicate the completion of preparation for supplying power to the motor, and transmits a preparation complete flag enabled state to control processing unit (3) if contents of the preparation complete flag register indicate that the preparation is completed in all units (2A to 2D).

Abstract: A device for displaying a moving locus in which a moving body is supported at its both ends by a pair of feed axes of a tandem structure so as to move in a opposite direction of the pair of feed axes, and has a point where a position is to be controlled at an internally dividing point to divide a distance between the pair of feed axes into a predetermined ratio, and the moving locus of the point where the position is to be controlled is drawn, the device having a data storage portion for storing a first position data and second position data of the moving body detected on the pair of feed axes when the pair of feed axes are driven maintaining synchronization; a data calculating portion for calculating a third position data of the point where the position is to be controlled from the first position data and second position data on the pair of feed axes stored in the data storage portion; and a locus display portion for drawing the moving locus of a point where the position is to be controlled based on the thir

Abstract: A control device, for a servo die cushion, for precisely performing force control without using a force detector. The control device includes a slide position detecting part for detecting the position of the slide, a storing part for storing information representing a relation between the position of the slide and the speed of the die cushion, the information being predetermined such that the force between the slide and the die cushion is set to a desired force and a die cushion speed commanding part for generating a speed command of the die cushion based on the information and the position of the slide detected by the slide position detecting part.

Abstract: The first object of the present invention is to provide a PDP with improved panel brightness which is achieved by improving the efficiency in conversion from discharge energy to visible rays. The second object of the present invention is to provide a PDP with improved panel life which is achieved by improving the protecting layer protecting the dielectrics glass layer. To achieve the first object, the present invention sets the amount of xenon in the discharge gas to the range of 10% by volume to less than 100% by volume, and sets the charging pressure for the discharge gas to the range of 500 to 760 Torr which is higher than conventional charging pressures. With such construction, the panel brightness increases. Also, to achieve the second object, the present invention has, on the surface of the dielectric glass layer, a protecting layer consisting of an alkaline earth oxide with (100)-face or (110)-face orientation.

Abstract: The first object of the present invention is to provide a PDP with improved panel brightness which is achieved by improving the efficiency in conversion from discharge energy to visible rays. The second object of the present invention is to provide a PDP with improved panel life which is achieved by improving the protecting layer protecting the dielectrics glass layer. To achieve the first object, the present invention sets the amount of xenon in the discharge gas to the range of 10% by volume to less than 100% by volume, and sets the charging pressure for the discharge gas to the range of 500 to 760 Torr which is higher than conventional charging pressures. With such construction, the panel brightness increases. Also, to achieve the second object, the present invention has, on the surface of the dielectric glass layer, a protecting layer consisting of an alkaline earth oxide with (100)-face or (110)-face orientation.