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1. Regeneration - Method of braking in which the motor is disconnected from the power supply and power
generated from the rotating motor is sent back to the supply.
2. Programmability and configuration - Device can be programmed with routine configurations and
commands for greater functionality and process control.
3. Auto restart - Drive is designed to automatically restart operation after a cycle of work.
As mentioned earlier, due to the advantages of closed loop operation, armature controlled d.c. servomotors are
more preferred than field controlled DC Servo Let us see one or two applications in detail.
a) Servo stabilizer
The supply voltage in practice may vary due to number of reasons. But such variations in the supply voltage
are undesirable for many practical applications. The supply voltage for various appliance is required to be kept
constant.
The stabilizer is a device which keeps the output voltage constant, accepting a variable voltage. In a servo
stabilizer there is a transformer whose secondary can be smoothly tapped using a servomotor drive. The
servomotor drives the shaft and controls the position of tap on the secondary as per the control signal, to keep
output constant.
The armature controlled DC servo drives motor is used for such servo stabilizer. Any change in the secondary
voltage is fed back to the error detector. The error signal is generated, comparing it with a reference input. This is
given to the controller which decides proper controlling action. The signal from the controller is not enough to
drive the servomotor. Hence the signal obtained from the controller is amplified and then given to the armature of
the servomotor, which inturn adjusts the tapping on the secondary to keep voltage constant.
The entire scheme is shown in the Fig. 5.
A novel four quadrant DC series motor control drive for traction applications
The most used strategy for DC series motors control is the application of a variable voltage according some
specific current control scheme. In the past this voltage variation was obtained by variable additional resistances.
That means a very low efficiency and a non-smooth current and torque. At present, using IGBT technology it is
possible to improve the control and efficiency of DC drives by the design of appropriate DC/DC converters. In
this paper a novel four quadrant control is presented. This solution shows the following characteristics: 100%
solid state DC drive, control in 4 quadrants, regenerative braking, it does not use neither electromechanical
contactors nor additional resistances, soft control of current and torque and low maintenance cost. Fig 1 shows a
simplified diagram of the proposed solution. Armature and field windings are connected to an IGBT H bridge.
Field winding is connected to a diode rectifier, in order to have always the same direction of current. Armature
current and field current are not identical, due to a freewheeling diode effect in the field winding. However, both
currents have the same average value
Position control of DC servo drive using fuzzy logic controller
This paper presents the position control scheme of DC servo motor drive. The fuzzy PI controller is developed for
controlling the position of DC servo motor drive. The DC servo motors are highly preferred because of high
power rating and speed of the motor. The proposed technique is a closed loop real time control scheme where the
position control is obtained through position sensor, it is coupled with the motor shaft for provide a feedback
position signal. The position control scheme of DC servo motor drive incorporating the fuzzy logic control which
is experimentally implemented using a digital signal peripheral interface controller dspic 30F2010. The
performances of the proposed fuzzy logic controller based DC servo motor drive were investigated and it is
compared with conventional PI controller based drive. The simulated and experimental results of conventional
and fuzzy controller is compared and results illustrates that the FLC gives better dynamic performance also it is
more robust for industrial position control drive applications.
In recent years DC motors are used in high performance drive system because of its advantages. A DC servo
motor which is usually a DC motor of low power rating is used as an actuator to drive a load. It is having high
ratio of starting torque to inertia and faster dynamic response. Because of their high reliability, flexibility and low
cost, DC servo motors are widely used in industrial applications, robot manipulators and home appliances where
speed and position control of motor are required [1]–[4]. It is a common actuator in control system, it is directly
provides the rotary and transitional motion. In this paper permanent magnet DC motor is preferred.