Abstract: A control apparatus of a machine tool, the control apparatus including: a numerical control unit configured to create a spindle axis command and a feed axis command according to a tapping program; a spindle axis control unit configured to control rotational operation of the spindle axis according to the spindle axis command; a rotation detector configured to detect a rotation position of the spindle axis; and a feed axis control unit configured to control feeding operation of the feed axis according to the feed axis command on the basis of the rotation position. The numerical control unit is further configured to include, in the spindle axis command, a speed command value during return that does not depend on maximum rotation speed during machining of the spindle axis and that is higher than the maximum rotation speed during machining, as a command of return operation.

Abstract: A motor control device is equipped with a command receiving unit adapted to receive a movement command and a first control period of the movement command from a numerical controller, a command generating unit which, on the basis of the first control period and a second control period which is determined in advance, is adapted to generate a movement command of the second control period from the movement command of the first control period, and a motor control unit adapted to control a motor, in accordance with the movement command generated by the command generating unit.

Abstract: To simplify determination of drive parameters upon driving a motor for which circuit constants are unknown, and shorten the time required in determination.

Abstract: To provide a servo motor controller that can quickly and effectively stop an industrial machine at a particular position even if operation speed is relatively low when a fixed position stop command is issued. The servo motor includes a speed comparison unit configured to compare speed at a time of a fixed position stop command with a first speed, a fixed position stop operation determination unit configured to determine an operation method at the time of the fixed position stop command, and a fixed position stop control unit configured to control the servo motor based on the determined operation method. When speed at the time of the fixed position.

Abstract: A servo motor controller capable of eliminating inconvenience that the position of a shaft or the like of a servo motor is detected or set erroneously due to influence of noise or the like is provided. A servo motor controller that detects Z-phase signals of an incremental-type encoder that detects rotation of a servo motor to perform driving control of the servo motor includes: a position detection unit that detects a reference position of a rotating shaft of the servo motor on the basis of the Z-phase signal of the encoder; a signal interval detection unit that measures intervals of a plurality of detected Z-phase signals; and an abnormality determination unit that determines that the Z-phase signal is abnormal when the interval measured by the signal interval detection unit is equal to or larger than a prescribed threshold.

Abstract: A motor control device according to an aspect of the present disclosure controls a motor by switching between speed control and position control, and sets a maximum voltage applied to the motor during the position control to lower than a maximum voltage applied to the motor during the speed control.

Abstract: To simplify determination of drive parameters upon driving a motor for which circuit constants are unknown, and shorten the time required in determination. A parameter determination support device includes: an automatic measurement part which applies initial parameters, and automatically measures a revolution speed (rpm) of a synchronous motor, as well as a DC link voltage (V) and Q-phase voltage command (%) of a motor drive device, as operating information upon driving the synchronous motor at substantially constant speed based on a base speed, according to a test-run program; an estimation part which estimates a reverse voltage constant (V/krpm) and torque constant (Nm/Arms) as circuit constants of the synchronous motor based on the operating information; and a calculation part which performs calculation of optimum parameters tailored to the output specification of the synchronous motor based on the circuit constants.

Abstract: A control apparatus of a machine tool including a feed axis, which is driven by a feed axis motor, includes a load torque estimation unit configured to estimate a load torque acting on a spindle motor, based on a torque command to the spindle motor which drives a spindle axis of the machine tool, and a speed of the spindle motor; and a speed control unit configured to control a speed of a feed axis motor such that the load torque estimated by the load torque estimation unit follows a prescribed load torque target value.

Abstract: A motor control device controls an induction motor driving a spindle of a machine tool, and includes: a spindle control unit that controls a rotational position or rotational speed of the spindle, and a secondary magnetic flux of the induction motor in accordance with an operation command based on an operation program of the machine tool; an advance detection unit that pre-reads the operation program, and detects a change in the operation command requiring to increase the secondary magnetic flux of the induction motor in advance; and an advance change unit that causes the secondary magnetic flux of the induction motor to increase prior to a change in the operation command in the spindle control unit, in a case of a change in the operation command being detected by the advance detection unit.

Abstract: The determination of a slip constant is simplified upon driving a motor for which the slip constant is unknown, based on variation of acceleration when accelerating an induction motor from start up to a predetermined speed. A parameter determination support device for motor driving includes: an automatic measurement part which automatically measures characteristic information including a speed during acceleration and acceleration upon driving an induction motor to accelerate from start up to a predetermined speed set in advance which is no more than a base speed of the induction motor, relative to each slip constant, based on a plurality of slip constants set in advance; and an estimation part which estimates, as a slip constant of the induction motor, a slip constant having the smallest variation in acceleration, among a plurality of slip constants, based on the characteristic information.

Abstract: The determination of a slip constant is simplified upon driving a motor for which the slip constant is unknown, based on the acceleration time when accelerating an induction motor from start up to a predetermined rotation number. A parameter determination support device for motor driving includes: an automatic measurement part which automatically measures characteristic information including the acceleration time upon driving an induction motor to accelerate from start up to a predetermined rotation number set in advance, relative to each slip constant, based on a plurality of slip constants set in advance; and an estimation part which estimates, as the slip constant of the induction motor, a slip constant at which the acceleration time up to a predetermined rotation number becomes the shortest, among a plurality of slip constants, based on the characteristic information.

Abstract: To simplify determination of drive parameters upon driving a motor for which circuit constants are unknown, and shorten the time required in determination.

Abstract: A motor control device includes: a polarity sensor configured to detect whether a magnetic pole position in a synchronous motor resides on a positive polarity side or a negative polarity side with reference to a reference position; a motor control unit configured to turn the synchronous motor from the polarity side detected by the polarity sensor toward an opposite polarity side through the reference position; and a magnetic pole position determination unit configured to determine, as the magnetic pole position, a position of the synchronous motor at the moment when the polarity changes, based on a detection result of the polarity sensor.

Abstract: A motor control device is a motor control device which controls a spindle motor in a machine tool, and includes: a moving average filter which moving averages a torque command value or drive current value of the spindle motor for averaging time and generates averaged load information of the spindle motor; and an averaging time calculation unit which calculates, as the averaging time of the moving average filter, a first time of an integral multiple of a period of one rotation of the spindle driven by the spindle motor, or a second time of an integral multiple of a value arrived at by dividing the period of one rotation of the spindle by the number of cutting tooth of the tool.

Abstract: A motor control device is equipped with a command receiving unit adapted to receive movement commands and first control periods of the movement commands from each of a plurality of numerical controllers, a command generating unit which, on the basis of the plurality of first control periods and a plurality of second control periods in accordance with each of the plurality of first control periods, is adapted to generate movement commands of the plurality of second control periods from the movement commands of the plurality of first control periods, and a motor control unit adapted to control a motor in accordance with the plurality of movement commands generated by the command generating unit.

Abstract: A motor control device including: an operation control part that generates a torque command based on an operation command, and controls a rotational position and/or rotational speed of the spindle; a current control part that generates an excitation current command to control secondary magnetic flux of the induction motor, and a torque current command to control torque of the induction motor based on the torque command; a change detection part that detects a change in operation command requiring increasing the secondary magnetic flux of the induction motor; a magnetic flux amplification part that performs magnetic flux amplification to temporarily increase the excitation current command or a magnetic flux command in the current control part, in a case of a change in the operation command being detected; and a gain change part that changes gain of the operation control part when performing magnetic flux amplification.

Abstract: A magnetic pole initial position detection device includes: a direct-current excitation command generation section configured to generate a first command for causing a constant excitation current with a current phase fixed to a first phase to flow through the synchronous motor; a torque-zero determination section configured to determine whether a torque generated in the rotor of the synchronous motor is zero when the excitation current based on the first command flows through the synchronous motor; and a magnetic pole initial position acquisition section configured to acquire the magnetic pole initial position of the rotor of the synchronous motor on a basis of a rotor actual position at or near a point in time when the torque-zero determination section determines that the torque is zero; a number of pole pairs of the synchronous motor; and an excitation phase during direct-current excitation under the first command.

Abstract: To determine a driving parameter for driving a motor having an unknown circuit constant in a simple way and to shorten time required for the determination.

Abstract: A machine tool control device according to the present invention includes a feedback counter for obtaining A- and B-phase signals of rectangular waves or sine waves and a one-rotation signal, which are outputted from a sensor for detecting the position or speed of a driven axis or a motor, to calculate a feedback count value that is a count value of the number of feedback pulses generated from the A- and B-phase signals; a feedback count value storage unit for storing an inter-one-rotation-signal feedback count value that is the feedback count value counted between the two sequential one-rotation signals; a reference value storage unit for storing an anomaly determination reference value corresponding to the inter-one-rotation-signal feedback count value; and an anomaly cause determination unit for determining the cause of an anomaly by comparison between the inter-one-rotation-signal feedback count value and the anomaly determination reference value.

Abstract: A controller controlling a synchronized operation of spindle and feed axes. The controller is configured to make a spindle axis perform an accelerated rotation at maximum capacity from a starting position aiming at a maximum rotation speed; detect a maximum acceleration of the spindle axis; detect a residual rotation amount of the spindle axis; detect a current speed of the spindle axis; and execute a position control for making the spindle axis perform a decelerated rotation so as to reach a target position, after the accelerated rotation at maximum capacity. The controller is further configured to make the spindle axis perform the decelerated rotation at a positioning deceleration higher than a deceleration corresponding to the maximum acceleration and equal to or lower than a maximum deceleration capable of compensating for a mechanical loss in a drive source during the decelerated rotation of the spindle axis.