SERVO TRAINER

The CE110 Servo Trainer shows DC servo position and speed control systems using typical industrial techniques. It has a DC servomotor, a DC generator and a flywheel mounted on a common shaft.

Analogue 0 to ±10 V control signals vary the servomotor shaft speed in either direction. An optical sensor measures the speed and shows it on a panel-mounted digital meter. The DC generator statically or dynamically loads the servomotor. An electric clutch connects or disconnects the shaft to a 30:1 reduction gearbox for position control studies. A manual control allows the user to set a position control setpoint.

To adjust the shaft inertia, the CE110 comes with two extra interchangeable inertia discs (flywheels). 

For advanced experiments, the Servo Trainer includes extra ‘block’-type circuits that can add non-linear and fully adjustable effects of:

• Deadzone or ‘deadband’
• Anti-deadzone
• Hysteresis
• Saturation

These blocks are important in studies of servo systems because they mimic problems that happen in real applications.

Key features

• Self-contained and compact benchtop unit for basic control of speed, with advanced studies of non-linear effects of hysteresis, deadzone and saturation
• Demonstrates the problems of speed and position control of a servomotor under different loads
• Mimics industrial, transport and aeronautical problems, with realistic results
• All inputs and outputs buffered for connection to TecQuipment’s optional controllers or other suitable controllers
• Front panel includes a mimic diagram of the process so that students can see what they are controlling

Essential Base Unit

• Controller (CE120) – A controller with analogue and digital controls and instruments 

or

• Digital Interface (CE122) – An interface which connects
  between most products in the Control Engineering
  range and a suitable computer (not included) 

or

• Other suitable controller with +/– 10 V inputs and
  outputs

Both the CE120 and the CE122 include TecQuipment’s CE2000 Control Software (see separate datasheet) with editable, pre-made control experiments for use with the CE110.

View the control engineering product flyer here.