Application Solutions
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Turning off Integral gain during a move
Servo controllers primarily use Proportional gain to determine the current/velocity command signal that
the controller applies to the servo amplifier during a move. For motion control applications, integral gain is
used primarily to reduce the static position error
at the end of a move
. For additional information about
servo tuning and integral gain please refer to :
the Servo Tuning description in the
Motion Control
chapter of this manual
the Servo tuning tutorials on PMC’s Motion CD and available for download from the Support
section of PMC’s web site.
For some applications, integral gain has a tendency to cause bounce or oscillation of the command signal
during a move. This tendency can be is especially problematic in:
High gain servo systems
Systems with high and / or irregular friction
Systems with unbalanced loads
Systems with unbalanced and / or high offset amplifiers
The following graphic shows the typical response of a high gain servo system when integral gain is
enabled through out the move. Even though the following error never exceeds 10 encoder counts during
the 100,000 count move, a significant oscillation (+/- 10 counts) occurred.
Figure 47. Typical servo response when integral gain is enabled throughout the move
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