INDUCTOSYN

DR. N. RAMESH BABU

MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING SECTION

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - MADRAS
RESOLUTION OF DISPLACEMENT SENSORS
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CYCLIC – ABSOLUTE MEASURING SYSTEM

LINEAR AND ANGULAR POSITION MEASUREMENT

LINEAR INDUCTOSYN

ROTARY INDUCTOSYN

PRECISION MEASURING DEVICE DEVELOPED BY FARRAND CONTROLS

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

SIMILAR TO THAT OF RESOLVER

OPERATING PRINCIPLES OF INDUCTOSYN
Components of a linear Inductosyn

Scale and slider – carry spiral conductor windings with an

equal pitch – placed on carrying base in the form of a printed
circuit board - Base is non-magnetic i.e. glass or ceramic
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Slider – two winding groups – separated by a distance equal to

(n+¼)τ where n=0,1,2 ….

Base material – non-magnetic – glass or ceramic

Excitation of Scale windings – 10 kHz

Scale is fixed to bed and slider is attached to a moving part –

Air gap of 0.25 mm between slider and scale

Pitch of scales – 2 mm ; Length of scale – 250 mm to 1000 mm

For longer movements, several scales are mounted next to each
other with careful fitting to avoid errors being introduced at
the joints
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Linear Inductosyn τ = 2 mm

Slider consists of two separate windings, displaced by l/4 length units

Induced voltages in the windings of slider for a linear displacement of ‘x’ are

v1(t) = K1 v(t) sin (2πx/τ) and

v2(t) = K2 v(t) cos (2πx/τ)

where v(t) = v sin ωt is the ac voltage supplied to the scale winding,

K1 and K2 are the electromagnetic coupling factors

By measuring the unique pair of induced voltages, one can

subdivide the accurately known cycle interval with high precision
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Large number of stator poles (P=144) instead of two (resolver)

and with only one rotor coil

Due to large number of poles, the stator winding outputs are

multi-angle function and complete one cycle for an angular
rotation equal to twice the pole spacing
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For a ‘P’ pole inductosyn, the stator voltages are

v1 = v(t) sin (PΦ/2)

v2 = v(t) cos (PΦ/2)

where Φ is angular position of rotor relative to stator

Stator windings are arranged in groups to permit the

required 90°phase difference between them

For detecting the sense of direction, both windings are used

EXAMPLES OF INDUCTOSYN
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Alternative method
Stator (slider) windings of an inductosyn are excited by constant amplitude carriers
in 90° phase shift

Resulting output signal is a constant amplitude signal that undergoes a continuous

phase shift of 360° for each displacement of one cycle length

Constant amplitude signal is converted into a square wave form for NC applications

In rotary inductosyn, the rotor is directly mounted on the lead screw

In linear inductosyn, the stator (slider) is fixed to the table of machine tool and the
rotor to the bed of machine tool

The output from rotor is fed into an input of a phase detector and compared with
one of stator voltages

The resulting error signal from phase detector is applied to the machine drive to
provide the required movement of machine table
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CIRCUIT FOR A POSITION TRANSDUCER USING INDUCTIVE PLATES

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To supply sine and cosine voltages to the two

windings, use a trigonometrically related
transformer amplitude analog system

Applications: Jig boring machines, contouring

machines, grinding machines etc.

Accuracy of measurement: 0.001 mm for 250 mm

0.008 mm/m for 304.8 m
Programmable controllers for processes using inductive plates