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Module2 ProblemSet 10302023

The document provides instructions for a problem set on stepper motor control and motion system design for a 3D printer. It includes 7 problems covering determining phase inductance, calculating maximum shaft speed using different drivers, selecting a stepper motor based on torque and acceleration requirements, improving performance through electrical drives and gearing, and analyzing current waveforms.

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Module2 ProblemSet 10302023

The document provides instructions for a problem set on stepper motor control and motion system design for a 3D printer. It includes 7 problems covering determining phase inductance, calculating maximum shaft speed using different drivers, selecting a stepper motor based on torque and acceleration requirements, improving performance through electrical drives and gearing, and analyzing current waveforms.

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Show your work and note the formulae!

EE466/566
Module II Problem Set
Fall 2023
Instructions:

• Solve all the problems and keep a clean solution set.


• Feel free to work with your classmates, but make sure you understand every solution.
• Show your work, formulae, graphs, etc.

* The deadline for submissions qualifying for extra credit is Monday, 10/30, before the start of class.
** Undergraduate students must submit their solution sets by 11/6, the date of our module 2 test.

1|P age
1. For the small, geared stepper motor 28BYJ-48:
a. Phase inductance is not provided. Suggest a test for determining it.
b. The phase inductance turns out to be 5 mH. What is the maximum speed of the output shaft (after
the gearbox) with a supply voltage of +5 Volt if we use the simple Darlington Array from Toshiba –
Spec is given in Problem 2?

Hint1: Problems 1 and 2 refer to this project:


28BYJ-48 Stepper Motor with ULN2003 + Arduino (4 Examples) (makerguides.com)
Hint2: Another discussion of this project:
How to Use a Stepper Motor : 12 Steps (with Pictures) - Instructables

2|P age
2. We are using the Toshiba ULN2003APG Darlington Array and full-step drive.
a. What is the maximum speed of the output shaft (after the gearbox) with a supply voltage of +5 Volt?
b. Suggest a method for maximizing the speed. You can increase the supply voltage up to the safety
limits of the driver.

Hint: An alternate Darlington array may be used to improve your performance:

ULN2803A Darlington Transistor Arrays datasheet (Rev. H) (ti.com)

3|P age
3. For a belt-driven printer mechanism, we will use a NEMA 17 stepper motor with a step angle of 1.8° with
full-step drive. Our initial selection is the Minebea K044U with a 24 Volt supply and chopper driver set to
1.2 A. An expensive DC Servomotor is used during system development to run the exact desired velocity
profile for the print head. The DC motor has a torque constant of 35 mNM/A.
a. We measure the average steady-state current of 2.3 A during the print operation. What is the
maximum safe speed for the selected stepper to be used for production?
b. The DC Servo also measures a peak acceleration current of 4 A. With the existing mechanism, the
print speed is set at 300 rpm at the driving motor. Can the selected stepper system be directly
commanded to start at the desired speed?

4|P age
4. For the system in problem 3:
a. Suggest a method to deploy the initially selected stepper motor: Minebea K044U.
b. While there is no room to use a larger diameter motor, we have room for a longer NEMA17 motor.
Is there a better choice NEMA17 motor to possibly handle a direct command for final speed?
c. Suggest electrical drive choices that help with better performance during acceleration.

5|P age
5. Speed reduction, either through gearing or belt-pulley constructs, is an important element in motion system
design. Similarly, converting rotary motion to linear motion is an important consideration. Considering a
printer system driven by a stepper motor with 200 steps per revolution, construct a table that shows the
relationships for:
a. Position resolution of the print head vs. angular position of the motor. This translates to addressable
print dots per mm vs. step angle.
b. Print head speed (mm/S) vs. motor speed (Steps/S with rpm also noted)
c. Frictional load at the print head (mN) vs. reflected torque at the motor (mNM)
d. Mass of the print head vs. reflected inertia to the motor
Use GR for Speed Reduction, r (mm) for the radius of the drive pulley, and m (grams) for print-head mass.

6|P age
6. Determine period, frequency and rms value of the plotted current waveforms.

7|P age

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