Synchronous linear motor with non-contacting scanning of the toothed structure of the secondary part
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsZeljko Jajtic, Markus Knorr, Johannes Wollenberg
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Abstract
The aim of the invention is the equipping of a synchronous linear motor with a non-permanently-magnetic secondary part with a simple positional measuring system. Said aim is achieved, whereby the tooth structure of the toothed rack-shaped non-permanently-magnetic secondary part (S) varies with position in the direction of movement (B). Furthermore, the synchronous linear motor can be provided with absolute and incremental positional measuring systems, such that the coarse resolution of the absolute measuring system can be supplemented by the fine resolution of the incremental system.
Claims5
A synchronous linear motor, comprising:
- a primary part;
- a secondary part constructed in form of a toothed rod in the absence of permanent magnets, said secondary part having a predetermined multitrack toothed structure in form of a plurality of separate mutually parallel toothed tracks extending in a movement direction of the primary part, wherein teeth in each of the parallel toothed tracks have varying predetermined shapes in the movement direction or are separated by grooves having a redetermined depth that varies in the movement direction, or both;
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- a multitrack position detection device arranged directly or indirectly on the primary part for scanning the toothed structure, without making contact, to obtain a position signal in form of a code word composed of code values arranged perpendicular to the movement direction, each code value representative of the predetermined tooth shape or groove depth in one of separate toothed tracks,
- wherein the code word determines a position on the secondary part in the movement direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.