System and method for improving drive efficiency in an industrial automation system

A process for optimizing motor control in an industrial automation environment comprising:

• acquiring, by a system comprising a processor, a motor control curve configured to cause a motor to operate a mechanical load;
• displaying, simultaneously and by the system:
• a motor acceleration curve that is based on the motor control curve,
• a duplicate motor acceleration curve of the motor acceleration curve,
• a motor energy curve that is based on the motor acceleration curve, and
• a duplicate motor energy curve that is based on the duplicate motor energy curve;
• calculating, by the system, a change to the duplicate motor acceleration curve based on an input modifying a portion of the duplicate motor acceleration curve;
• calculating, by the system, a change to the duplicate motor energy curve based on the change to the duplicate motor acceleration curve;
• generating, by the system, a modified command signal based on the change to the duplicate motor acceleration curve;
• and
• controlling, by the system, the motor via the modified command signal to operate the mechanical load.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage-media medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising

• displaying, simultaneously, an acceleration curve and a duplicate acceleration curve, wherein the acceleration curve is based on a command signal configured to cause an electromechanical device to mechanically operate a mechanical load;
• displaying, simultaneously, an energy curve and a duplicate energy curve, wherein the energy curve is based on the acceleration curve;
• and
• receiving an input indicating a change to at least a portion of the duplicate acceleration curve;
• calculating a change to the duplicate acceleration curve based on the input;
• calculating a change to the duplicate energy curve based on the change to the duplicate acceleration curve;
• displaying the change to the duplicate energy curve on the display;
• generating a modified command signal based on the change to the at least a portion of the duplicate acceleration curve;
• and
• controlling the electromechanical device via the modified command signal to mechanically operate the mechanical load.