Selection device, selection method, and recording medium

A selection method for a selection device to select a motor, an amplifier, and a mechanical component, the selection device including a motor database to store information about a motor, an amplifier database to store information about an amplifier, and a mechanical component database to store information about a mechanical component, the selection method comprising:

• an information acquisition of acquiring machine specification information indicating a specification of a machine, operation pattern information indicating an operation pattern of the machine, and mechanical component specification information indicating a specification of a mechanical component;
• a capacity calculation of calculating a capacity of a motor required for operating the machine on a basis of the machine specification information, the operation pattern information, and the mechanical component specification information;
• a motor selection of selecting a motor on a basis of the capacity and the information held in the motor database;
• an amplifier selection of selecting an amplifier on a basis of information on the motor selected in the motor selection and the information held in the amplifier database;
• a mechanical component selection of selecting the mechanical component on a basis of the mechanical component specification information, the information about the motor selected in the motor selection, and the information held in the mechanical component database;
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• displaying at least one selection result obtained in the motor selection, at least one selection result obtained in the amplifier selection, and at least one selection result obtained in the mechanical component selection, wherein
• if there are a plurality of selection results in the at least one selection results for at least one of the motor, the amplifier, and the mechanical component, the display device displays, in a list format, combinations of the motor, the amplifier, and the mechanical component selected to allow a user to select one of the plurality of selection results, the method further comprising:
• a selection operation accepting of accepting if the selection result of the mechanical component includes a plurality of selection results of mechanical components, an operation of selecting one mechanical component included in the plurality of selection results of the mechanical components;
• a capacity recalculation of recalculating a capacity of a motor required for operating the machine on a basis of the machine specification information, the operation pattern information, and information indicating a specification of the mechanical component corresponding to the operation accepted in the selection operation accepting;
• a motor reselection of reselecting a motor on a basis of the capacity recalculated in the capacity recalculation and the information held in the motor database;
• an amplifier reselection of reselecting an amplifier on a basis of information on the motor reselected in the motor reselection and the information held in the amplifier database;
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• a reselection result displaying of displaying the mechanical component corresponding to the operation accepted in the selection operation accepting, the motor reselected in the motor reselection, and the amplifier reselected in the amplifier reselection.

A tangible non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores therein a selection program for causing a computer to execute:

• an information acquisition of acquiring machine specification information indicating a specification of a machine, operation pattern information indicating an operation pattern of the machine, and mechanical component specification information indicating a specification of a mechanical component;
• a capacity calculation of calculating a capacity of a motor required for operating the machine on a basis of the machine specification information, the operation pattern information, and the mechanical component specification information;
• a motor selection of selecting a motor on a basis of the capacity and information about a motor held in a motor database;
• an amplifier selection of selecting an amplifier on a basis of information on the motor selected in the motor selection and information about an amplifier held in an amplifier database;
• a mechanical component selection of selecting the mechanical component on a basis of the mechanical component specification information, the information about the motor selected in the motor selection, and information about a mechanical component held in a mechanical component database;
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• displaying at least one selection result obtained in the motor selection, at least one selection result obtained in the amplifier selection, and at least one selection result obtained in the mechanical component selection, wherein
• if there are a plurality of selection results for the at least one selection results for at least one of the motor, the amplifier, and the mechanical component, the display device displays, in a list format, combinations of the motor, the amplifier, and the mechanical component selected to allow a user to select one of the plurality of selection results, the selection program further causing the computer to execute:
• a selection operation accepting of accepting, if the selection result of the mechanical component includes a plurality of selection results of mechanical components, an operation of selecting one mechanical component included in the plurality of selection results of the mechanical components;
• a capacity recalculation of recalculating a capacity of a motor required for operating the machine on a basis of the machine specification information, the operation pattern information, and information indicating a specification of the mechanical component corresponding to the operation accepted in the selection operation accepting;
• a motor reselection of reelecting a motor on a basis of the capacity recalculated in the capacity recalculation and the information held in the motor database;
• an amplifier reselection of reselecting an amplifier on a basis of information on the motor reselected in the motor reselection and the information held in the amplifier database;
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• a reselection result displaying of displaying the mechanical component corresponding to the operation accepted in the selection operation accepting, the motor reselected in the motor reselection, and the amplifier reselected in the amplifier reselection.