we are currently building a motion platform for an airplane simulator and the linear motion actuators will be driven by 6 servo motors of type: Syntron 3KW AC 380V 130HMB-30100.
The datasheet says that the inrush current is 22.1A compared to 7A nominal current, and since the motors will be starting and stopping all the time we wondered if this could cause problems with our supply (63A 3 phase 400V).
Hence I wonder if ac servo motors will draw a significant high current each time they start after stopping, or if the motor only draws high current during the initial power up.
Eventually if anyone knows whether the motor driver (HS0300A-P22S) will help eliminate this in some way.
Best Answer
This will come down to how quickly you try and move the motors in your servo loop, the inrush current is caused by the motor seeing full mains applied, and a phase error appearing across the phases as the rotor is stationary at that moment, while mains may be up to 90 degrees out of phase (maximum torque)
when you move a servo slower than its maximum tourque limit, the phase error is smaller, and thus the amount of current is smaller, your motors are in a control loop, meaning they never really stop while powered on, instead you will generally feel a vibration as the loop keeps correcting back to the desired point,
Because of this control loop, the maximum current is only dependent on how much torque you try and have it apply when moving to a new set point, for a constant load scenario this would mostly feed back to acceleration and top speed,
As for your controller, I would rather not go digging through the controllers datasheet, but if it has jerk correction, I would keep it set on the low side.