Servo Motors Overview
Servo Motors Overview
Servo Motors Overview
2. DC Servo Motor
AC Servo Motors
These servo motors are basically two-
phase, reversible, induction motors
modified for servo operation. Ac servo
motors are used in applications
requiring rapid and accurate response
characteristics. To achieve these
characteristics, these ac servo motors
have small diameter, high resistance
rotors. The ac servo motor's small
diameter provides low inertia for fast
starts, stops, and reversals. High resistance provides nearly linear speed-torque
characteristics for accurate servo motor control.
An induction motor designed for servo use is wound with two phases physically at
right angles or in space quadrature. A fixed or reference winding is excited by a
fixed voltage source, while the control winding is excited by an adjustable or
variable control voltage, usually from a servoamplifier. The servo motor windings
are often designed with the same voltage/turns ratio, so that power inputs at
maximum fixed phase excitation, and at maximum control phase signal, are in
balance.
The inherent damping of servo motors decreases as ratings increase, and the
servo motors are designed to have a reasonable efficiency at the sacrifice of
speed-torque linearity.
Induction type servo motors are available in fractional and integral horsepower
sizes.
DC Servo Motor
Dc servo motors are normally
used as prime movers in
computers, numerically controlled
machinery, or other applications
where starts and stops are made
quickly and accurately. Servo
motors have lightweight, low-
inertia armatures that respond
quickly to excitation-voltage
changes. In addition, very low
armature inductance in these
servo motors results in a low electrical time constant (typically 0.05 to 1.5 ms)
that further sharpens servo motor response to command signals. Servo motors
include permanent-magnetic, printed-circuit, and moving-coil (or shell) dc servo
motors. The rotor of a shell dc servo motor consists of a cylindrical shell of
copper or aluminum wire coils which rotate in a magnetic field in the annular
space between magnetic pole pieces and a stationary iron core. The servo motor
features a field, which is provided by cast AlNiCo magnets whose magnetic axis
is radial. Servo motors usually have two, four, or six poles.
Spindle Motors
A spindle motor is a small, high-precision,
high-reliability electric motor that is used to
rotate the shaft or spindle used in machine
tools for performing a wide range of tasks
like drilling, grinding, milling, high speed
routing for woodworking, aluminum cutting
or plastic cutting etc. All machine tools
consist of motors which provide a
mechanical means of transferring motion to
the cutting tool and balance control. It is the
motor which drives the spindle shafts. All spindles either have an external motor
or an internal motor to run. There are some spindles which are driven by an
integral motor spindle design and such spindles are known as motorized driven
spindles. The motor provides power and torque to the spindle. It is an integral
part of the spindle shaft and housing assembly. It is with the help of the motor
that a spindle can rotate at high speeds.
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Resources
1. http://www.servotechusa.com/servo-motor-types/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servomechanism#Servomotor
3. http://www.electricmotors.machinedesign.com/guiEdits/Content/bdeee4a/bde
ee4a_2.aspx
4. http://sourcing.indiamart.com/engineering/machine-tools/spindles/spindle-
motors/