Magnetostatic analysis and power optimization of electric release brake

Author

Kumbhar, Mahesh ; Bindu, R. ; Walavalkar, Abhilash

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., F.C.R.I.T., Mumbai, India

fYear

2014

fDate

24-26 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents electric release brake which is mainly used for safety purpose where emergency stop is required in automation or process industry. Brake is in engage condition when power cut occurs intentionally or accidently. For the given brake, coil is designed to get the required magnetic force. Due to friction between armature plate and body, the air gap between them increases. Magnetostatic analysis is carried out to see the effect of variable air gap and to get sufficient magnetic force upto 1 mm gap. During normal working condition brake is in disengage condition but brake coil is energized. Optimum utilization of brake coil is obtained using PWM method and power consumption is reduced. Also brake engagement time is reduced using simple circuit with zener diode.

Keywords

Zener diodes; brakes; magnetostatics; pulse width modulation; PWM method; brake coil; brake engagement time; electric release brake; emergency stop; engage condition; friction; magnetic force; magnetostatic analysis; power consumption; power cut; variable air gap; zener diode; Coils; Electromagnetics; Force; Magnetic forces; Pulse width modulation; Springs; Switches; Electromagnetic force; PWM method; boundary element method; brake engagement time; coil design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Research Areas: Magnetics, Machines and Drives (AICERA/iCMMD), 2014 Annual International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kottayam

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5201-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AICERA.2014.6908234

Filename

6908234