Motor Endurance Test System

Automated actuator characterization and endurance testing with high-speed data acquisition and BLDC load simulation.

Project Scope

  • Automated actuator position sensor programming for Characterization.
  • Data Acquisition, logging and analysis for 3 million cycles
    Endurance test.

Challenge

  • Automated actuator position sensor programming.
  • Implementation of a high-speed actuator control law algorithm.
  • Integrating a BLDC motor to manage various load profiles.
  • Data Acquisition, logging and analysis for 3 million continuous cycles.

Solution

  • Automated characterization and endurance testing on a LabVIEW test platform.
  • NI cRIO Real-Time Controller with FPGA layer for enhanced performance and high-speed data acquisition.
  • ABB BLDC motor to generate load profiles.
  • DQMH software architecture for endurance testing.
  • Large data set management through TDMS files.