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24.8 PRACTICE PROBLEM SOLUTIONS

1.
in in
a) P = 0.125 ⎛ -------⎞ R = 0.025 ----------
⎝ rot⎠ step
in
0.025 ---------- 1 step
R step rot ------------------ = 5 ----------
θ = --- = --------------------------- = 0.2 ---------- Thus rot
P in step rot
0.125 ⎛⎝ -------⎞⎠ 0.2 ----------
step
rot
rot deg
b) θ = 0.2 ---------- = 72 ----------
step step
in
c) 3 -----
s steps
PPS = ------------------------ = 120 -------------
in s
0.025 ----------
step

2.

a) step
pulses = ( 3rot ) ⎛ 5 ----------⎞ = 15steps
⎝ rot ⎠
pulses rot step steps 1min steps step
b) ---------------- = ⎛ 25 ---------⎞ ⎛ 5 ----------⎞ = 125 ------------- = 125 ⎛ -------------⎞ ------------- = 2.08 ----------
s ⎝ min ⎠ ⎝ rot ⎠ min ⎝ 60s min ⎠ s

3.
speed torque
stepper motor very low speeds low torque
vfd limited speed range good at rated speed
dc motor wide range decreases at higher speeds
4.
a)
(ans.
Motor Type Cost Torque Speed Applications

AC/Inuction low med limited consumer applications/large power

DC Brushed low/med med variable short life
DC Brushless high med variable high precision
Stepper low/med low low positioning
Shunt med med varies
Series med high varies large break away torques

b) Deadband correction allows the motor to break free of the statis friction. Once moving freely
the torque required to ‘stick’ the motor is determined by the lower kinetic friction. Generally this
means that the motor can move slightly slower than the static friction minimum speed, but not the
kinetic friction minimum speed.
c) Calibration is a process where instrumentation outputs are related to inputs. These results are
then used later to relate measurement equipment outputs with actual phenomenon. For example,
in the laboratory, tachometers are calibrated by turning them at a steady speed. The speed is mea-
sured with a strobe tachometer and the voltage output is also recorded. These are then used to
make a graph relating voltage and speed. Later the strobe tachometer is not used and the voltage
output of the tach. is used to calculate the speed.