Controller for electric clamp
CA 1306041 C · Owner: Eaton Corporation · Inventors: Van Zeeland, Donald; Nadolski, Gregory L.; Duncan, Eugene F.
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A controller for an electric clamp closes the clamp rapidly at first, then runs at a slower speed while contacting the workpiece, and speeds up again after contacting it to close, with full clamping force. Arrival of the clamp at the position for slowing down is directly detected by means of a proximity sensor, as are arrivals at other positions. The speed of operation is relatively insensitive to the voltage of its AC electrical power source because an open-loop compensating signal controls the pulse duration of rectified DC pulses that drive the motor. The controller has dynamic braking that is applied between individual pulses of pulse trains of motor current; this results in significant …
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- Granted August 4, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 4, 2009.
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