Fluid rotating apparatus with plural drive motor synchronization system
US5348448A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF04C29/0085
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fluid rotating apparatus includes non-circular rotors accommodated in a housing, rotary shafts having the rotors, bearings for rotatably supporting the shafts, a fluid suction and a fluid discharge ports formed in the housing, a positive displacement pump section formed of combination of the housing and rotors, and gears connected with the shafts having backlash set smaller than backlash between the rotors. The apparatus includes motors for independently driving the shafts, a device for detecting a rotating angle or speed of rotation of the motors, a unit for controlling the motors to synchronously rotate, a unit for detecting a current running in the motors, a unit for detecting a relative position of the shafts, and a rotation commanding unit, to which outputs from the motor current detecting unit and relative position detecting unit are inputted, for deciding whether or not a shift amount of the synchronous rotation is larger than a specified value based on the outputs of the motor current detecting unit and/or the relative position detecting unit, and outputting to the motor controlling unit a signal to decelerate one shaft when the rotation command unit decides that the shif…
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