Special machines:AC Servo motors

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AC Servomotors

Presently, most of the ac servomotors are of the two-phase squirrel-cage induction type and are used for low power applications. However, recently three-phase induction motors have been modified for high power servo systems which had so far been using high power d.c. servomotors.

(a) Two-phase AC Servomotor

Such motors normally run on a frequency of 60 Hz or 400 Hz (for airborne systems). The stator has two distributed windings which are displaced from each other by 90º (electrical). The main

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winding (also called the reference or fixed phase) is supplied from a constant voltage source, V m Ð 0º (Fig. 39.27). The other winding (also called the control phase) is supplied with a variable voltage of the same frequency as the reference phase but is phase-displaced by 90º (electrical). The control- phase voltage is controlled by an electronic controller. The speed and torque of the rotor are controlled by the phase difference between the main and control windings. Reversing the phase difference from leading to lagging (or vice-versa) reverses the motor direction.

Since the rotor bars have high resistance, the torque-speed characteristics for various armature voltages are almost linear over a wide speed range particularly near the zero speed. The motor operation can be controlled by varying the voltage of the main phase while keeping that of the reference phase constant.

(b) Three-phase AC Servomotors

A great deal of research has been to modify a three-phase squirrel-cage induction motor for use in high power servo systems. Normally, such a motor is a highly non-linear coupled-circuit device. Recently, this machine has been operated successfully as a linear decoupled machine (like a d.c. machine) by using a control method called vector control or field oriented control. In this method, the currents fed to the machine are controlled in such a way that its torque and flux become decoupled as in a dc machine. This results in a high speed and a high torque response.

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