The correct motor – controller / inverter pairing as well as the control itself, is today no longer “witchcraft” or not rocket science. The state of development of control electronics has reached a level where not only the control characteristics themselves have been greatly improved, but the parameterization process (setting of all important control and motor data) has also been improved in parallel and is already partly automatic, for example the automatic measurement of motor characteristics and their transfer to the control system. Practical tests show that this is done at a high level by many manufacturers. This is comfort enhancement. Nevertheless, it is important and often helpful to know and understand the technique properties. Today, it is still true that the devil is in the details.
Find out how inexpensive it is to solve high-precision control tasks today. As an example, it is possible to realize simple plug and play solutions on open source basis and by means of simple data supply from single board computers control qualities on highest level at prices of 1/10 to otherwise usual industrial PLC solutions (see functional example above right).
This is already the norm in cell phone manufacturing in Asia.
A practical experience: Be skeptical when you are told that the motor and the controller / inverter should always be from the same manufacturer. It could be a marketing ploy. Rather, focus on the technical properties of all components involved.
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- Applications where the speed, torque or position must be controlled