Inter-roller conveyance control device

An inter-roller conveyance control device that conveys an object to be conveyed between a speed shaft roller and a tension shaft roller while providing tension, the device comprising:

• a control tension detector that detects a control tension value of the object to be conveyed;
• a tension control calculation unit that calculates and outputs a tension control correction value such that a tension deviation is decreased, the calculation being on a basis of a control parameter and tension deviation that is a deviation between a set tension command value and the control tension value;
• an adjustment execution command generation unit that
• turns on an adjustment execution command that is an on or off-signal from an external input, and
• turns off the adjustment execution command after an adjustment period;
• an excitation signal generation unit that, when the adjustment execution command is turned on, adds an added value for adjustment to the tension control correction value while the object to be conveyed is conveyed;
• a tension shaft speed controller that
• receives, as input, a tension shaft speed command value obtained by adding the tension control correction value, the added value for adjustment, and a tension shaft speed reference command value, and
• performs control such that a conveyance speed of the tension shaft roller corresponds to the tension shaft speed command value;
• a speed shaft speed controller that
• receives, as input, a speed shaft speed command value that changes in synchronization with the tension shaft speed reference command value, and
• performs control such that a conveyance speed of the speed shaft roller corresponds to the speed shaft speed command value;
• a control target identification unit that
• identifies, on the basis of the tension deviation in the adjustment period during which the adjustment execution command is turned on, a transfer function representing a response characteristic of the control tension value with respect to a conveyance speed of the tension shaft roll, and
• outputs an identification result including a response parameter that is a coefficient of the transfer function;
• a parameter table generation unit that, after identification by the control target identification unit is completed, associates the response parameter with a conveyance condition variable that changes while the object to be conveyed is conveyed and affects an appropriate value of the control parameter;
• and
• a parameter table that stores therein a plurality of pairs of the conveyance condition variable and the response parameter.