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Method and system for vibration avoidance for automated machinery

US7957832B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 25, 2009
Grant dateJun 7, 2011
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/49054
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for vibration avoidance in automated machinery produces actuator space-time contours that meet design objectives of the machinery while suppressing energy content at frequencies in the space-time contour, by concatenating multiple space-time contour segments together in such a way as to be mostly free of energy at the frequencies of interest while meeting other specified design goals. The segments used to construct these frequency-optimized-contours are a series of concatenated polynomial segments, the independent variable t being time. These segments can define the variable to be controlled (e.g. speed or distance) versus time, or define one of the controlled variable's time-derivatives (e.g., the slope of the speed vs. time, etc.). When these frequency-optimized-contours are fed as a command to a machine controller through an actuator or actuators, the energy at the frequencies of interest is low enough to avoid deleterious vibration from occurring while still meeting the machine performance objectives.

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