Designing a drive system often presents engineers with a challenge: If the motor-drive combination is selected too conservatively, this leads to inefficient operation and unnecessary costs. On the other hand, if the design is too narrow, it carries the risk of operating problems and a shortened service life. To simplify the design process, Baumüller has added an innovative drive curve analysis to its ProDrive commissioning tool that can be used when developing new machines as well as for service.
The new function enables engineers to visualize the actual utilization of their drive system quickly and easily. Through the representation of the drive curve in ProDrive, it is easy to determine during the commissioning process whether the system is optimally dimensioned or whether adjustments need to be made to get the best possible performance from the components.
Drive curve for optimization and diagnostics
The drive curve combines all relevant information on the motor, converter, and control. It is an essential tool for analyzing and optimizing the drive design. ProDrive clearly displays the motor’s nominal and limit curves and visualizes the drive curve dependent on the relevant operating conditions and control settings. Engineers can either enter a specific operating point or read in data from a measurement. For maximum flexibility, users can also integrate the characteristic curves of third-party motors into the tool.
“Our new drive curve analysis is a significant step in helping engineers to select the optimal drive system,” explains Jürgen Dlugosch, Product Manager at Baumüller. “The ability to analyze and optimize operating points makes it even easier for our customers to develop efficient and reliable machines.”
Source: Baumüller
