Integral motor with driver and wireless transmission of power and information for autonomous subspindle drive

This paper describes the novel technology of an integral motor with the associated driver and wireless transmission of power and information (WTPI), which is effectively applied to autonomous spindle drive for the sophisticated workpiece machining. The power supply to the integral motor is made by way of a separable WTPI coupling. In addition, calculation for variable voltage and variable frequency (VVVF) control is done at the primary side of the coupling, and then the frequency command is transmitted to the secondary side by an overlapped transmission of the data on the power transmission through the WTPI coupling. At the secondary side, direct power conversion from the induced high-frequency voltage to the motor terminal voltage is conducted using a bidirectionally controllable power switch. The amplitude of the terminal voltage is adjusted by changing the inverter voltage at the primary side. In this way, the VVVF drive is made through the WTPI coupling, thus providing the integral subspindle with the autonomy for sophisticated machining.