Model-based quality consistency analysis of permanent magnet synchronous motor cogging torque in wide temperature range

Permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) have a scale of applications linking to the industrial machines. As these machines often work in a wide temperature range, the PMSM quality consistency is threatened by the temperature fluctuate. In fact, at the start of the production of the PMSMs, the quality consistency distribution already exist due to the manufacturing dispersion. However, traditional experiment-based consistency analysis method is inadequate for the PMSM, due to its inevitable destructive measurement for the magnetic properties. To deal with the problem, this paper proposed a model-based quality consistency analysis method. In this paper, mechanism analysis of the temperature influence on PMSMs is carried out by the finite element analysis and the digital modeling method, so that the impact of dispersion can be depicted by model rather than destructive measurement. The relationship between the temperature and PMSM cogging torque as well as other features is quantitatively revealed. To obtain the NdFeB temperature coefficient, magnetic samples were prepared and measured. Then, the temperature characteristics of the sensitive components of PMSM are established, and the PMSM temperature characteristics can be simulated by integrating temperature coefficients into the PMSM digital model. The qualitative and quantitative temperature characteristics of cogging torque are verified by experiments with a batch of PMSMs.

Automated summary

This paper proposes a model-based analysis method to study the impact of temperature on PMSMs. By using finite element analysis and digital modeling, the temperature influence on quality consistency can be depicted without destructive measurements.