Tuning an axis for velocity control

5.8 Tuning an axis for velocity control

Drives designed for velocity control incorporate their own velocity feedback term to provide system damping. For this reason, KDERIV (and KVEL) can be set to zero.

Correct setting of the velocity feed forward gain KVELFF is important to get the optimum response from the system. The velocity feed forward term takes the instantaneous velocity demand from the profile generator and adds this to the output block (see Figure 16). KVELFF is outside the closed loop and therefore does not have an effect on system stability. This means that the term can be increased to maximum without causing the motor to oscillate, provided that other terms are setup correctly.

When setup correctly, KVELFF will cause the motor to move at the speed demanded by the profile generator. This is true without the other terms in the closed loop doing anything except compensating for small errors in the position of the motor. This gives faster response to changes in demand speed, with reduced following error.

5.8.1 Calculating KVELFF

To calculate the correct value for KVELFF, you will need to know:

HThe speed, in revolutions per minute, produced by the motor when a maximum demand (+10V) is applied to the drive.

HThe setting for LOOPTIME. The factory preset setting is 1ms.

HThe number of encoder lines for the attached motor. Baldor BSM motors use either 1000 or 2500 line encoders.

The servo loop formula uses speed values expressed in quadrature counts per servo loop. To calculate this figure:

1.First, divide the speed of the motor, in revolutions per minute, by 60 to give the number of revolutions per second. For example, if the motor speed is 3000rpm when a maximum demand (+10V) is applied to the drive:

Revolutions per second

3000 / 60

=50

2.Next, calculate how many revolutions will occur during one servo loop. The factory preset servo loop time is 1ms (0.001 seconds), so:

Revolutions per servo loop

50 x 0.001 seconds

=0.05

3.Now calculate how many quadrature encoder counts there are per revolution. The NextMove BXII counts both edges of both pulse trains (CHA and CHB) coming from the encoder, so for every encoder line there are 4 ‘quadrature counts’. With a 1000 line encoder:

Quadrature counts per revolution

1000 x 4

=4000

4.Finally, calculate how many quadrature counts there are per servo loop:

Quadrature counts per servo loop =	4000 x 0.05
=	200

5-20 Operation

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BXII specifications

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