Electromechanical installation based on high power current pulse generator

Electromechanical installation containing electromagnetic s noid with a piston operating in reciprocating motion mode has been developed. Technologies with similar operating modes are widely used in various industries (mechanical engineering, metallurgy, mining, mechanics, robotics, as presses for forging and stamping, as well as jack-hammers in crushing devices for coal, ore and rock). An economically effective generator of high power unipolar current pulses (with unique systems that allow adjustment of the main parameters in a wide range and with high speed: the frequency of pulse reproduction, amplitude) was used as a power source for electromechanical installation. The principle of operation of the generator is based on periodic discharge of pre-charged capacitors to a low-resistance active-inductive load. Generator contains power unit, consisting of a capacitor discharge unit for load; a generator control system (GCS), consisting of a capacitor charging unit (reversible thyristor converter with counter-parallel connected thyristor bridges); a recharge unit and an automatic control system of the ACS. According to the known equations, parameters of mechanical and electrical parts of the electromechanical installation were calculated: initial coordinate of the piston; magnetomotive force arising from change in inductance L(x); spring force; the force of resistance to the piston, proportional to the speed of its movement; force action on the piston; amplitude, duration and frequency of reproduction of current pulses. A simulation model of the installation has been developed in the MATLAB-SIMULINK environment. The graphs of transient processes during operation of the installation at idle and under load were built. Analysis of the operating modes of the installation was carried out. Developed electromechanical installation for influencing load with the aim of its destruction or deformation with a system of automatic control of parameters makes it possible to regulate process parameters with high speed: force and distance traveled by the piston.

electromechanical installation, generator of high power current pulses, capacitor bank, charger, thyristor switch

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