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Overview

Motor & Drive Systems 2014 is focused on the latest technical advancements impacting the design and integration of motor, drive systems and motion control for manufacturing, industrial, packaging and other applications. The 11th annual conference will be held January 29-30 in Orlando, Fla.

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Join hundreds of OEM design engineers and discover how new technologies are improving performance, energy efficiency and providing cost savings in a variety of applications. The event serves technical and management professionals involved in all sectors of motor, drive and motion control technologies including OEMs, end users, integrators and dealers including:

Register by January 7, 2014 for a discounted room rate of $162.00. Mention Webcom to receive this rate.

• Equipment OEMs that use AC motors, DC motors and other motion control components in their equipment • Designers of AC motors, DC motors, drives and power modules • Manufacturers and suppliers of components and assemblies used in power electronics • Manufacturing, quality and test engineers involved with motors and related power equipment • Compliance engineers testing and qualifying motors and related equipment The interactive exhibit hall will feature the latest motor and drive capabilities. Network with motor manufacturers, drive and motion control system manufacturers,IC companies, testing services & systems providers, as well as an array of component and sub-system providers. The pre-conference workshops provide an in-depth education experience, providing valuable information for both the new and seasoned engineer. Motor & Drive Systems 2014 will provide the best forum to learn from leading motor and drive system manufacturers on new technologies entering the market and what’s ahead.

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Motor & Drive Systems 2014 will be held at the Rosen Plaza Hotel.

Rosen Plaza Hotel 9700 International Drive Orlando, FL 32819 www.rosenplaza.com • 800-627-8258 Contact Us

Program: Shannon Given [email protected] Exhibits: Sue Hannebrink [email protected] Registration: Julie Williams [email protected]

Registration

Attendees will also have the option to attend co-located Magnetics 2014 with a combo pass. Register by November 21st for early bird pricing. Team discounts also available. Prices will increase on November 21st. Onsite Registration pricing begins January 20th. Save $345! Early Registration

2-Day Pass $550

Combo (both events) $750

Single Day $395

OEM Pass Expo Only $395

Register online at www.e-driveonline.com/conferences.

Register by November 21st for a Discounted Rate • www.e-drivemagazine.com/conferences

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Workshops Tuesday, January 28th - Pre Conference Workshops

The pre-conference workshops provide an in-depth education experience, providing valuable information for both the new and seasoned engineer. Full workshop descriptions, times and pricing can be found online at www.e-driveonline.com/conferences/category/pre-conference-workshops.

Basic Principles of DC, Brushless and Other AC Motor Control

Motor Technology for Sales and Customer Service

This introductory course is to provide fundamental concepts of motor control. The objective of this course is for motor drive designer, application engineers as well as marketing and management professionals who want to learn fundamental principles and basic knowledge on electromagnetic torque production theory, construction and operation of DC, PM brushless, Switched Reluctance, and Induction motors. This course also discusses about basic principles of feedback control and servo systems, PID regulators and their tuning procedure.

The Motor Technology for Sales and Customer Service workshop focuses on providing conceptual understanding to non-engineers of electric motor design, construction and operating principles important to technical support activities. The goal of this course is a clear understanding of the basic characteristics and features of electric motors needed for non-engineering activities of a motor-related business or department important to providing high-quality sales & customer service to motor end-users. The intended audience is non-engineers, or engineers not familiar with electric motors, who work daily with providing or using electric motors.

Presented by Dal Ohm, President, Drivetech

Sizing Electric Machines

Presented by Jim Hendershot, President, MotorSolver LLC, Sponsored by Infolytica Corp. This full day workshop sketches the history of how engineers size electric machines based upon the air-gap energy conversion level and how the resulting losses are removed by heat extraction. Differences in sizing electric machines vs. machine types are also covered, such as PM types and reluctance types. The workshop finishes with a sizing of four different electric machine types sized for a single specification requirement: asynchronous (AC induction), PMAC synchronous (PM brushless), switched reluctance and reluctance synchronous.

Permanent Magnet (PM) Motor: Design, Modeling And Control

Dr. Thomas Wu, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Director of the Center for Advanced Electric Machinery (CAEM), University of Central Florida This eight hour short course addresses the key issues of permanent magnet (PM) motor which are of great interests to industry. Following a brief review of magnetic materials and circuits, we focused on how to design permanent magnet motor. After that, we will discuss finite element modeling and optimization using ANSYS Maxwell. Finally, we will discuss close loop control technology.

Field Oriented Control and Advanced AC Motor Control Algorithms Presented by Dal Ohm, President, Drivetech

Presented by Keith Klontz, Advanced MotorTech

Technology Trends for Lower Cost Motor and Controller Design with Increased Operating Reliability

Presented by George Holling, Technical Director, Rocky Mountain Technologies, Inc. This workshop will examine emerging technology trends that impact motor and drive design as they allow for cost reduction and which can also improve the reliability and operating redundancy of motor drive systems no cost penalty. Broken down into morning and afternoon sessions, the morning session will introduce the technology trends and the implication while the afternoon session will go into more detail on how these technologies impact the design, the product cost and the overall product performance.

Learning the Performance Ins and Outs of 11 Electric Motor Types and Their Use in the Global Marketplace Presented by Dan Jones, President, Incremotion Associates, Inc.

This course takes the attendee through the basics of some 11 different types of electric motors. Changing events in the global marketplace including: the past volatile impact of rare earth magnets, the continuing drive to more power efficient electric motors through new government agency requirements and regulations in North American, Europe and Asia, have created opportunities for different motor types. New and resurrected motor types and their associated drives will be examined for their performance attributes and limitations along with examples of their current applications.

This course will provide in-depth knowledge and skills in control algorithms and software to design high performance AC motor drives and control systems. The course starts with the basic principles of FOC (Field Oriented Control, aka Vector Control), reference frame transform theory, and dynamic motor model of PM motors and induction motors. Then the discussion continues in applying the FOC principles to PM synchronous motors, IPM, and induction motors. Discussion is followed by various advanced motor control techniques for high performance and energy efficiency.


Program Wednesday, January 29th 7:00 AM

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00 AM

Opening Address

8:05 AM

Keynote Presentation

Industrial Motors and Drives – A Global and North American Market Update Mark Meza, Principal Analyst, Motion & Mechanical Power Transmission, IMS Research

Hear IHS’s latest analysis of the global industrial motor and drive markets. The presentation will summarize how these markets are segmented by product type, geographic region and industry sector. In addition to presenting market data, the presentation will describe the current competitive environment for these products, including an analysis of the leading suppliers to these markets. 9:15 AM

Featured Presentation

What’s New in Motor Technologies

Dan Jones, President, Incremotion Associates, Inc. There are two major motor technology driving forces in two different segments of motion control. The first involves power efficiency and the second is torque density. Power efficiency improvements are driven by the DOE. A recent development using sheet metal stators and multiple dimension Halbach magnet arrays has significantly increased the power efficiency levels in motors below 50 horsepower (34.3 Kw) used in various speed applications. 10:00 AM

Exhibit Hall Opens / Networking Break

10:30 AM

Efficient Operation of Stepping Motors Michael Randt, Founder and CEO Dr. Stephan Kubisch, Head of R&D TRINAMIC Motion Control

Driving Circles Around Linear Motion

Matt Lecheler, Motion Specialist, Beckhoff Automation Through the convergence of two well known drive principles, rotary and linear motion, new linear transport designs are now possible that result in game-changing advantages for machine builders and manufacturers. These benefits include reduced wiring, network and software platforms that are shared with the overall machine automation system and a significantly reduced machine footprint. This has led to the advent of higher performance mechatronic solutions for numerous applications including product packaging with variable product flow, complex material handling lines and many more. 11:10 AM

New DC Motor Design Improving Power Density and Noise Level Matt Badger, e-Business Agent, maxon precision motors

A new motor design has been developed to meet the demanding challenges that comes when designing in micro drives into a given application. The motor’s improved efficiency, higher power density, patented ironless rotor and quiet operation insures a highly dynamic drive solution. This presentation provides an overview of the technical innovations in this new technology of DC drives, explains the most recent innovations, the unique assembly process and how they benefit manufacturers and their customers with the advantage of customized configurations to meet individual specification.

Illustrations for a Dynamic Braking Chopper Solution in A Medium Voltage AFD Stan Simms, Senior Product Design Engineer, Eaton Corp.

As an induction machine’s rotor is accelerated to a desired process speed the electromagnetic torque is positive. Therefore, real power is supplied to the machine and it operates in the ‘motoring’ mode. However, when the rotor is slowed, yet still positive in speed, the difference in load and inertia can result in negative electromagnetic torque. This ‘generating’ mode machine power can be absorbed in adjustable frequency drives using a dynamic braking chopper. Learn how the chopper is sized for a full speed ramp stop. 11:45 PM

Stepping motors are highly popular because they offer high torque at low speed, and high precision at low cost. These unique benefits enable the design of direct drive systems, eliminating the additional cost and complexity of gearboxes. However, stepping motors are not known for being energy efficient and, because if overloaded they tend to stall and lose step awareness, they are usually over-designed for the application with a safety margin of at least 50 percent. This presentation will discuss two new techniques that overcome these challenges.

Networking Luncheon

1:00 PM

A Look at Soft Magnetic Composites for Motor Design

George Holling, Technical Director, Rocky Mountain Technologies, Inc. The benefits of soft magnetic composites (SMCs) have been promoted for several years but the have been slow to enter many application areas. Recent advances in SMC technology may change this and open many opportunities for designers to improve the power density and efficiency of motor designs through the use of SMC instead of conventional motor laminations. This presentation will share some observations using specific examples where the performance of SMCs can be directly compared to the performance of conventional laminated motor designs.


Program Industrial Ethernet Comparison for Motion Control Applications

Innovations and Improvements in Single-Phase AC Motor Controls

Several communications Ethernet based busses have been developed so far to handle real-time control for motion and distributed I/O. Which of these standards is best for your application requirements, considering axis count, cycle time, jitter, EMC robustness and network topology. Further aspects to be covered in this talk include: hot-plugabilty, safe motion and implementation and licensing costs.

Single Phase AC motors continue to dominate the low-cost, low-power air-movement markets and the change to increased energy efficient EC motors and more complex three-phase AC motors has been slow to happen. Innovations in using digital control techniques to improve speed control linearity and auto-adjust techniques will be covered in this innovative field. Improved performance combined with improved efficiencies will allow low-cost AC motors to meet new challenges of performance and energy savings.

1:40 PM

2:50 PM

Sari Germanos, Technology Marketing Manager, B&R Industrial Automation Corp.

High-Speed Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Close Loop Control and Drive System Design

Howard Abramowitz, President, AirCare Automation, Inc.

Networking Break

3:15 PM

Yang Hu, Center for Advanced Electric Machinery (CAEM), University of Central Fla.

New Variable Flux PM Motor and Generator Design

High speed motors can achieve high power density compared to conventional designed machines. This makes them suitable for a broad range of applications. With high speed, close loop control and drive system design become challenging. In this presentation, we report the close loop control and drive system design of a 2-pole 24-slots super high speed PMSM. The rated speed of the motor is 150 krpm and the rated output power is 3 kilowatts. The testing process is also going to be discussed.

The new patented design of Variable Flux PM Motor/Generator offers possibility to utilize PM technology for high power applications without the typically associated risk factors and simplifies their control. Presentation will discuss several possible embodiments of the new design along with FEA and test results of a scaled down prototype machine.

Dr. Kolomeitsev, Advanced Motors Electromagnetics Louie Finkle, Electric Louie, Inc.

Sensorless Control Methods for Brushless DC, PM Synchronous and Induction Motors

Improving Reliability of Inverter Driven Motors with Shaft Voltage Testing and Bearing Protection

Discover various sensorless control methods practically used in industry and compare technologies for dynamic performance, robustness, limitations, complexity of implementation and tuning issues. Topics include traditional back emf detection method, carrier injection method, direct field orientation, extended Kalman filtering, Luenberger observers, and sliding mode observers. Several different starting methods are presented as well.

The bearings in AC motors operating on variable frequency drives (VFD) are vulnerable to shaft voltages that may be of sufficient amplitude to cause electrical discharges in the motors bearings. These discharges produce an electrical discharge machining (EDM) effect in the motor’s bearings that cause pitting and fluting and premature bearing failure. The shaft voltages may be detected and measured using an oscilloscope and a shaft voltage probe that touches the motor’s shaft while it is running.

Dr. Dal Y. Ohm, President, Drivetech, Inc.

2:20 PM

Adam Willwerth, Product Manager, Electro Static Technology

3:55 PM

Emerging Electrical Motor Technologies

Aaron Williams, Project/Magnetics Engineer, Arnold Magnetic Technologies As the automotive, aerospace and industrial industries continue to evolve toward more energy efficient systems, new technologies are emerging. These new technologies are placing larger demands on motor materials in order to help improve motor efficiencies. Advances in Samarium Cobalt (SmCo) magnet technologies now allow for increased power densities at higher temperatures while carbon fiber sleeving technologies allow for increased operational RPMs.

Novel Radial Amorphous Iron Motor Andrew Hirzel, Radam Motors

Amorphous iron is the most efficient magnetic material available for motors, especially at design frequencies exceeding 400 Hz. Five demonstration motors have been built; two of these motors are in test with more than 10,000 hours. The motor’s advantages over conventional approaches is to create higher efficiency motors wasting less energy, air cooled designs where competing motors are liquid cooled, and due to the lower heat loss, compact designs result in overall less material usage.


Program Thursday, January 30th

The Advantages of (Really) Low Voltage Drive Systems

Mark Lewis, Vice President – Marketing & Sales, Dart Controls, Inc. OEM’s have presented a growing number of new applications for brush and brushless DC motors using less than 50 volt source power. This presentation will explain current market and regulatory conditions influencing OEM designers to stay below 50V source power. These conditions vary by industry segment; however they find synergy in the drive / motor solution.

8:00 AM

Registration / Exhibit Hall Opens / Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM

Keynote Presentation

The Future Trends, Technology and Opportunities in Motor and Drive Systems

An Open Source Motion API

Alex Chausovsky, Manager & Principal Analyst IHS Research Dr. Kolomeitsev, Advanced Motors Electromagnetics Thomas Wu, Professor, University of Central Florida

The advent of Machine to Machine (M2M) networking presents both an opportunity and challenge to the Motor and Drive industry, particularly for older applications that have yet to move to electronic control and higher efficiency motors. To get on the ‘Cloud” these cost sensitive applications need to balance accessing the application’s information and functionality, retaining tight control of critical real-time machine processes, and avoiding excessive added cost.

Join this panel of industry experts as they discuss new developments, including standards, technology updates new opportunities in motor and drive systems. Hear application specific challenges to improve performance and efficiency. Discover the expectations from the manufacturer to the OEM.

5:00 PM

Enhancements in the Electric Machine Cooling Analysis

4:30 PM

Gary Box, Chief Technical Officer, Software Defined Power

Cocktail Reception

9:40 AM

Dr. Dave Staton, CEO, Motor Ltd. Dr. Markus Anders, Electrical Machine Sector Manager, CD-adapco

New efficiency regulations for electrical machines are placing greater demands on electrical machine designers. Now, alongside an optimized electromagnetic design, the thermal analysis has also become increasingly important in the design process. In the same way that SPEED’s analytical approach supports the electric and electro-magnetic design, Motor-CAD’s speed and accuracy is invaluable to the thermal design. This presentation will describe the workflow from the initial machine design using SPEED to the thermal modeling with Motor-CAD. Media Sponsors & Supporting Organizations

High Resolution Hall Effect Encoders Provide High Accuracy Signals in Harsh Environments Mark Lacroix, Senior Development Specialist, Timken A. John Santos, Chief Engineer – Sensors, Timken

This presentation reviews the two most misunderstood performance characteristics of modern high resolution Hall effect encoders: how modern magnetic encoders deliver accurate signals in the presence of external magnetic fields, and how modern magnetic encoders deliver accurate signals with changes in air gap / relative position between the sensor and target wheel. 10:15 AM

Networking Break


Program 10:30 AM

11:45 AM

Emmanuel Agamloh, Motors and Drives Consultant, Advanced Energy Corp.

12:45 PM

Adverse power quality conditions detrimentally affect the performance of connected equipment, including electric motors. In the case of electric motors, some of the well-known effects include overheating, reduced efficiency, insulation damage, motor burn-out and motor tripping. Hear an overview and comparison of the effect of supply voltage abnormalities on different motor technologies such as induction motors, permanent magnet motors and motors connected to variable frequency drives.

John Petro, Motor Design Consultant

Comparison of Power Quality Effects on Different Motor Technologies

Active Disturbance Rejection Control: A Replacement For PID

Sharon Fay, Director of Product Management, LineStream Technologies Active Disturbance Rejection Control (ADRC) is a technology that proactively estimates and automatically compensates for system disturbances with just a single adjustment. With motion control expertise embedded on chip, ADRC can replace PID control and expedite motor control tuning and development. Discover how having embedded motion control expertise on a chip can reduce energy and cost while simplifying design and improving performance in a variety of motor and drive applications. 11:10 AM

Practical Methods for Reducing the Losses And Harmonics Distortion in Industrial Motor Drive Systems Dong Le, Director of Technology, Calnetix Technologies LLC

Discover a practical way of reducing the losses and harmonic distortion produced by the inverters and converters for industrial motor drive and motor applications. This is achieved by calculating or determining the effective minimum deadtime for the power switches in the drive. Application of these methods result in an industrial drive system that is smaller, more efficient and more reliable.

Networking Luncheon

Bright Future for Electric Motor Efficiency Improvements Motor system efficiency has improved significantly in recent years, yet there are still many additional gains that can be expected in the future. Both motor and drive efficiency improvements will be reviewed, and the three major motor technologies will all be examined. A special emphasis will be placed on covering emerging magnet materials that could improve PM motors. The drive improvement section will cover drive design and new drive components, as well as looking at novel ways to employ drives to improve system efficiency. 1:25 PM

Drive to a Greener Future

Ken Kerns, Drive Technologies, Motion Control & Low Voltage Drives Marketing, Siemens Industry, Inc. Learn how to realize cost savings with state-of-the-art variable frequency drives technology. In many applications, variable frequency drives have the potential to return energy back to the facility power grid through regenerative infeed technology. Returns on Investment can be realized in as little as 3-6 months depending on the existing installation. Additionally, the concepts of energy efficiency and the financial incentives available for energy efficient installations will be reviewed. 2:00 PM

Conference Conclusion

Boost Performance in Motion and Position Sensing Applications with Single-Chip Encoders Bruce M. Pride, Principal Engineer, iC-Haus America

When designing systems with motion and/or position sensor feedback, advances in Single-chip encoder semiconductor devices offer designers higher integration, flexibility, performance increases, advanced configuration features, and cost reductions. By utilizing Single-chip encoders with built-in smart sensor technology, a highly flexible and configurable design can be realized for enhancing overall system performance.


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Why Exhibit at Motor & Drive Systems 2014?

The event offers manufacturers of motor and drive systems, motion control and related power components the opportunity to discuss one-on-one custom applications with OEM design engineers, application engineers and industry professionals in a relaxed atmosphere. Packages available to fit any budget. Contact Sue Hannebrink at [email protected]
