Motor control system provided with function to detect abnormal braking

A motor control system comprising:

• a servo motor;
• a mechanical brake which is configured to act on the servo motor or an axis driven by the servo motor;
• a servo electricity supply unit which supplies electricity to the servo motor;
• a controller which controls the servo motor, the mechanical brake, and the servo electricity supply unit;
• and
• a position detector which detects a rotation position of the servo motor or a position of the axis,
• wherein
• the controller comprises:
• a signal receiving unit which receives a signal for actuating the mechanical brake;
• a position monitoring unit which monitors the rotation position of the servo motor by the position detector, and obtains a history of the rotation positions of the servo motor from when the signal is received by the signal receiving unit to when the servo motor stops rotating;
• a displacement amount calculation unit which calculates, from the history, a rotational displacement amount of the servo motor from when the signal is received by the signal receiving unit to when the servo motor stops rotating;
• and
• an abnormality determining unit which determines that abnormality exists in the mechanical brake when the calculated rotational displacement amount exceeds a predetermined first threshold value, and
• when the signal receiving unit receives the signal, the controller controls the servo electricity supply unit to stop the supply of electricity to the servo motor, and
• when the abnormality determining unit determines that abnormality exists in the mechanical brake, the controller controls the servo electricity supply unit to resume the supply of electricity to the servo motor.