Spindle drive system of machine tool
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHirofumi Kita, Takahiro Hayashida
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Abstract
A spindle drive system of a machine tool, wherein a control mode changeover section of a control unit selects one of both a speed control mode for controlling a rotational speed of a spindle through negative feedback of the rotational speed of the spindle and a position control mode for controlling a rotational position of the spindle through negative feedback of the rotational position of the spindle, and a gain changeover section changes speed loop and position loop gains to a greater value during cutting operation than during non-cutting rapid feed operation when the position control mode has been selected.
Claims3
A spindle drive system of a machine tool comprising a motor which drives a spindle of said machine tool;
- and a control unit for controlling a rotational speed and a rotational position of said spindle through said motor, said control unit having a speed loop means for a negative feedback control of the rotational speed of said spindle, a position loop means for a negative feedback control of the rotational position of said spindle, a control mode changeover means for selecting one of both a speed control mode for controlling the rotational speed of said spindle and a position control mode for controlling the rotational position of said spindle, and a gain changeover means for changing the loop gain of each of said speed and position loops in accordance with both operation modes of said machine tool when said position control mode is selected, said gain changeover means including means for setting each of said loop gains of said speed and position loops in a first gain level setting in the non-cutting mode of said position control mode and in a second gain level setting different from said first gain level setting for the cutting feed mode of said position control mode.
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