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Control apparatus for a rotor supported by an electromagnetic bearing

Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1986-05-08
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Granted: 1987-09-29
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Expires: 2006-05-08
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Abstract

Abstract The present invention reduces the resonance amplitude of the rotational frequency-synchronous unbalance vibration of a rotor supported by an electromagnetic bearing. To this end, the invention disposes an X-direction control servo circuit and a Y-direction control servo circuit each of which detects the deviation of the rotor from a desired position in the radial direction thereof and controls the rotor so as to be held at the desired position on the basis of the detection signal, and a tracking filter which is synchronous with the rotational frequency. Outputs from the filter are crossed to supply the Y-direction control servo circuit with the X-directional output and to supply the X-direction control servo circuit with the Y-directional output signal.

Inventors

  • 👤 Osami Matsushita
  • 👤 Michiyuki Takagi
  • 👤 Mitsuho Yoneyama
  • 👤 Toyomi Sugaya

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 12:33
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16C; F16C32/00; F16C32/04; F16C32/0406; F16C32/044; F16C32/0444; F16C32/0451; F16C32/0453; F16C32/0474; F16C32/048

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 218 words
A control apparatus for a rotor supported by an electromagnetic bearing, comprising: an X-direction servo circuit including an X-directional displacement detector which detects an X-axial deviation of the rotor from a preset radial position, and a control circuit which generates a signal for controlling the X-axial position of the rotor so as to be held at the preset radial position, on the basis of an X-directional displacement signal output from said X-directional displacement detector, a Y-direction servo circuit including a Y-directional displacement detector which detects a Y-axial deviation of the rotor from a preset radial position, and a control circuit which generates a signal for controlling the Y-axial position of the rotor so as to be held at the preset radial position, on the basis of a Y-directional displacement signal output from said Y-directional displacement detector, a rotational frequency-synchronized tracking filter whose center frequency is a frequency corresponding to a rotational speed of the rotor, means for applying the X-directional displacement signal to said filter as an input signal and to additively supply said Y-direction servo circuit with an X-directional output signal delivered from said filter, and means for applying the Y-directional displacement signal to said filter as an input signal and to subtractively supply said X-direction servo circuit with a Y-directional output signal delivered from said filter.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 218 words
A control apparatus for a rotor supported by an electromagnetic bearing, comprising: an X-direction servo circuit including an X-directional displacement detector which detects an X-axial deviation of the rotor from a preset radial position, and a control circuit which generates a signal for controlling the X-axial position of the rotor so as to be held at the preset radial position, on the basis of an X-directional displacement signal output from said X-directional displacement detector, a Y-direction servo circuit including a Y-directional displacement detector which detects a Y-axial deviation of the rotor from a preset radial position, and a control circuit which generates a signal for controlling the Y-axial position of the rotor so as to be held at the preset radial position, on the basis of a Y-directional displacement signal output from said Y-directional displacement detector, a rotational frequency-synchronized tracking filter whose center frequency is a frequency corresponding to a rotational speed of the rotor, means for applying the X-directional displacement signal to said filter as an input signal and to additively supply said Y-direction servo circuit with an X-directional output signal delivered from said filter, and means for applying the Y-directional displacement signal to said filter as an input signal and to subtractively supply said X-direction servo circuit with a Y-directional output signal delivered from said filter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 70 words
A control apparatus for a rotor supported by an electromagnetic bearing as defined in claim 1, wherein both the X-directional output signal and the Y-directional output signal of said rotational frequency-synchronized tracking filter are multiplied by α, which is a coefficient to provide additive and subtractive inputs to said Y- and X-direction servo circuits, respectively, prior to being applied to said Y-direction servo circuit and said X-direction servo circuit, respectively.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 319 words
A control apparatus for a rotor supported by an electromagnetic bearing, comprising: an X-direction servo circuit including an X-directional displacement detector which detects an X-axial deviation of the rotor from a preset radial position, and a control circuit which generates a signal for controlling the X-axial position of the rotor so as to be held at the preset radial position, on the basis of an X-directional displacement signal output from said X-directional displacement detector, a Y-direction servo circuit including a Y-directional displacement detector which detects a Y-axial deviation of the rotor from a preset radial position, and a control circuit which generates a signal for controlling the Y-axial position of the rotor so as to be held at the preset radial position, on the basis of a Y-directional displacement signal output from said Y-directional displacement detector, a rotational frequency-synchronized tracking filter whose center frequency is a frequency corresponding to a rotational speed of the rotor, means for applying the X-directional displacement signal to said filter as an input signal and to additively supply said Y-direction servo circuit with an X-directional output signal delivered from said filter, and means for applying the Y-directional displacement signal to said filter as an input signal and to subtractively supply said X-direction servo circuit with a Y-directional output signal delivered from said filter, a rotational frequency-synchronized filter of reverse rotation which performs signal processing inverse to that of said rotational frequency-synchronized tracking filter, means for applying the X-directional displacement detection signal to said rotational frequency-synchronized filter of reverse rotation as an input signal and to subtractively supply said Y-direction servo circuit with an X-directional output signal delivered from said filter of reverse rotation, and means to apply the Y-directional displacement detection signal to said rotational frequency-synchronized filter of reverse rotation as an input signal and to additively supply said X-direction servo circuit with a Y-directional output signal delivered from said filter of reverse rotation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 319 words
A control apparatus for a rotor supported by an electromagnetic bearing, comprising: an X-direction servo circuit including an X-directional displacement detector which detects an X-axial deviation of the rotor from a preset radial position, and a control circuit which generates a signal for controlling the X-axial position of the rotor so as to be held at the preset radial position, on the basis of an X-directional displacement signal output from said X-directional displacement detector, a Y-direction servo circuit including a Y-directional displacement detector which detects a Y-axial deviation of the rotor from a preset radial position, and a control circuit which generates a signal for controlling the Y-axial position of the rotor so as to be held at the preset radial position, on the basis of a Y-directional displacement signal output from said Y-directional displacement detector, a rotational frequency-synchronized tracking filter whose center frequency is a frequency corresponding to a rotational speed of the rotor, means for applying the X-directional displacement signal to said filter as an input signal and to additively supply said Y-direction servo circuit with an X-directional output signal delivered from said filter, and means for applying the Y-directional displacement signal to said filter as an input signal and to subtractively supply said X-direction servo circuit with a Y-directional output signal delivered from said filter, a rotational frequency-synchronized filter of reverse rotation which performs signal processing inverse to that of said rotational frequency-synchronized tracking filter, means for applying the X-directional displacement detection signal to said rotational frequency-synchronized filter of reverse rotation as an input signal and to subtractively supply said Y-direction servo circuit with an X-directional output signal delivered from said filter of reverse rotation, and means to apply the Y-directional displacement detection signal to said rotational frequency-synchronized filter of reverse rotation as an input signal and to additively supply said X-direction servo circuit with a Y-directional output signal delivered from said filter of reverse rotation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 125 words
A control apparatus for a rotor supported by an electromagnetic bearing as defined in claim 3, wherein both the X-directional output signal and the Y-directional output signal of said rotational frequency-synchronized tracking filter are multiplied by α, which is a coefficient to provide additive and subtractive inputs to said X- and Y-direction servo circuits, respectively, prior to being applied to said Y-direction servo circuit and said X-direction servo circuit, respectively, and both the X-directional output signal and Y-directional output signal of said rotational frequency-synchronized filter of reverse rotation are multiplied by β, which is a coefficient to provide subtractive and additive inputs to said Y- and X-direction servo circuits, respectively, prior to being applied to said Y-direction servo circuit and said X-direction servo circuit, respectively.

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