Sensorless Control of a Shearer Short-Range Cutting Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Based on a New Sliding Mode Observer

Considering the low reliability and poor adaptability of existing drum shear cutting parts, this paper presents a permanent magnet short-range cutting transmission system with a low-speed and high-torque interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) as the driving source and a sensorless control strategy based on a new sliding mode observer (SMO). To increase the robustness of the observer and reduce the error caused by chattering in the traditional SMO, the phase-locked loop technique is used instead of the traditional arc-tangent function estimation, and the sigmoid function is introduced to replace the traditional sign function; then, the sliding mode gain is adjusted through the fuzzy control algorithm in the new SMO. The scheme effectively improves the problems of the high failure rate caused by the long transmission chain of the shearer cutting section and the environmental impact for the mechanical sensor measurement results. Finally, the mathematical model of IPMSM based on the two-phase rotating coordinate system and end cutting load is established to verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the program. The results show that the new observer can accurately realize the speed and position estimation of the shearer cutting motor, and it has good dynamic response performance, observation accuracy, and robustness.