Computer-controlled testing system for investigating the dynamic characteristics of contactors with A.C. electromagnet drives

摘要

An original computer-controlled measurement system with electrodynamic sensor is presented in this paper. The system was used to examine simultaneously dependencies of time related electromagnet coil current, electromagnet coil voltage, electric power supplied to electromagnet coil, voltage across contacts, acceleration, speed, path and kinetic energy of contactor moving element. An additional software allows diagrams of the following parameters to be obtained: maximum and minimum acceleration, maximum speed and kinetic energy of contactor moving element, electric energy supplied to electromagnet coil and times typical of alternating current electromagnetic drive for selected values of the coil supply voltages and various switching on angles of this voltage (within the range 0-170°). Results of the investigation enable also to take a view on such parameters of the designed equipment as, for example, making time or rebounds of the contactor contacts. The system is very useful to verify the results of investigation of computer simulated contactor closing.