EP1950336A1 - Machine à laver avec compensateurs et son procédé de commande - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a washing machine with balancers, and, more particularly, to a washing machine and a control method thereof that is capable of reducing vibration generated from a water tub due to eccentricity, i.e., unbalance, generated during the rotation of the washing machine.
- a washing machine (normally, a drum type washing machine) is a machine that washes laundry by lifting and dropping the laundry.
- the washing machine includes a water tub mounted in a housing forming the appearance of the washing machine to receive wash water, a rotary tub rotatably mounted in the water tub to receive laundry, and a motor to generate a driving force necessary to rotate the rotary tub.
- the rotary tub When the rotary tub is rotated at high speed in an unbalanced state in which the laundry is not uniformly distributed in the rotary tub but is concentrated at a specific region of the rotary tub during a spin-drying operation of the washing machine, the rotary tub eccentrically rotates with respect to a rotary shaft. As a result, the rotary tub collides with the water tub, thereby generating vibration and noise. When this phenomenon repeatedly occurs, parts of the washing machine, including the rotary tub and the motor, may break down or the life of the parts of the washing machine may be shortened.
- a washing machine including balancers mounted at the front and rear ends of a rotary tub to reduce vibration generated from a water tub due to the eccentric rotation of the rotary tub.
- An example is disclosed in Korean Patent Application Publication No. 1999-0038279 .
- the balancers of the washing machine disclosed in the publication include races mounted at the front and rear ends of the rotary tub to maintain the dynamic balance during the high-speed rotation of the rotary tub, steel balls disposed in the respective races to move freely, and viscous fluids filled in the respective races to control the momentum of the balls.
- Each race is formed by welding annular upper and lower plates with each other.
- the balancers of the conventional washing machine however, at least two races, for example an inner race and an outer race, are provided for each balancer, and viscous fluids having different viscosities and steel balls having different sizes are put in the respective races to prevent excessive vibration from being generated from the water tub before the balls reach the balancing position.
- the manufacturing costs are high.
- the structure of the races is not designed to prevent the generation of the excessive vibration of the water tub based on accurate calculation, but to reduce a probability of vibration generation. For this reason, there is still a possibility that excessive vibration is generated from the water tub. Consequently, it is required to use an increased number of races to lower the probability that excessive vibration is generated from the water tub.
- a control method of a washing machine including a motor, a water tub, and balancers, the control method including detecting a number of rotations of the motor during a spin-drying operation of the washing machine, determining whether the detected number of rotations of the motor has reached a predetermined number of rotations, controlling the motor such that the number of rotations of the motor is maintained at the predetermined number of rotations when it is determined that the detected number of rotations of the motor has reached the predetermined number of rotations, counting the time taken to maintain the number of rotations of the motor at the predetermined number of rotations, and increasing the number of rotations of the motor after a predetermined first time has elapsed.
- the predetermined number of rotations may be a number of rotations of the motor lower than the number of excessive vibration rotations of the water tub during the spin-drying operation of the washing machine.
- the number of excessive vibration rotations of the water tub may be a number of rotations of the motor at a point where the excessive vibration of the water tub is generated due to the difference in rotating speed between the rotary tub and balls in the balancers before the balls reach a balancing position.
- the predetermined first time may be a time necessary to maintain the number of rotations of the motor at the predetermined number of rotations until the balls reach the balancing position.
- the step of increasing the number of rotations of the motor includes maintaining the number of rotations of the motor at the predetermined number of rotations for the predetermined first time until the balls reach the balancing position and increasing the number of rotations of the motor to a spin-drying RPM to perform the spin-drying operation of the washing machine.
- the step of controlling the motor such that the number of rotations of the motor is maintained at the predetermined number of rotations includes maintaining the number of rotations of the motor at a predetermined number of rotations before an excessive vibration generating point of the water tub such that the motor passes through the excessive vibration generating point of the water tub generated during the spin-drying operation of the washing machine.
- the control method may further include detecting the vibration of the water tub generated as the number of rotations of the motor is increased, braking the motor to lower the number of rotations of the motor when the detected vibration of the water tub exceeds a predetermined vibration level, counting the time after the brake of the motor, and reincreasing the number of rotations of the motor after a predetermined second time has elapsed.
- the detecting the vibration of the water tub may include detecting the excessive vibration of the water tub generated due to the difference in rotating speed between the rotary tub and balls in the balancers before the balls reach a balancing position during the spin-drying operation of the washing machine.
- the lowering the number of rotations of the motor may include lowering the number of rotations of the motor to a predetermined number of rotations to reduce the excessive vibration of the water tub generated before the balls reach the balancing position.
- the reincreasing the number of rotations of the motor may include detecting the lowered number of rotations of the motor and reincreasing the number of rotations of the motor to perform the spin-drying operation when the detected number of rotations of the motor has reached a predetermined number of rotations.
- the predetermined vibration level may be reference vibration data considered as an excessive vibration of the water tub.
- the predetermined second time may be data previously set through experiments to locate the excessive vibration passing point of the water tub at the balancing position.
- the reincreasing the number of rotations of the motor may include maintaining the predetermined second time such that the excessive vibration passing point of the water tub is located at the balancing position after the braking of the motor and increasing the number of rotations of the motor to a spin-drying RPM to perform the spin-drying operation of the washing machine.
- a washing machine having a motor, a water tub, and balancers, the washing machine including a rotational frequency detection unit to detect a number of rotations of the motor during a spin-drying operation of the washing machine, and a control unit to determine whether the detected number of rotations of the motor has reached a predetermined number of rotations, control the motor such that the number of rotations of the motor is maintained at the predetermined number of rotations when it is determined that the detected number of rotations of the motor has reached the predetermined number of rotations, count time taken to maintain the number of rotations of the motor at the predetermined number of rotations, and increase the number of rotations of the motor after a predetermined first time has elapsed.
- the control unit may increase the number of rotations of the motor after a predetermined time has elapsed after the brake of the motor.
- a control method of controlling a washing machine having a motor, balancers, balancing balls fitted within the balancers and a water tub including: braking the motor after beginning an operation of the washing machine and after detecting that a vibration of the water tub exceeds a predetermined vibration level; and increasing a number of rotations of the motor after a predetermined time has elapsed in order to reduce excessive vibration of the water tub until the balancing balls reach a balancing position.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view illustrating the structure of a washing machine with balancers according to the present embodiment.
- a water supply valve 12 and a detergent supply unit 14 to supply wash water and detergent into the water tub 20.
- a drainage pump 16 to drain the wash water in the water tub 20 out of the housing 10 after the laundry is washed.
- a rotary shaft 51 that extends through the rear of the water tub 20.
- a motor 50 to which the rotary shaft 51 is connected. Consequently, when the motor 50 is operated, the rotary shaft 51 is rotated with the result that the rotary tub 30 is rotated.
- a plurality of through-holes 30a are formed at the circumference of the rotary tub 30, through which the water in the water tub 20 is introduced into the rotary tub such that the laundry is washed by the water containing detergent during a washing operation. During a spin-drying operation, the water is drained out of the housing 10 through the drainage pump 16.
- a plurality of lifters 30b which are arranged in the longitudinal direction. As the rotary tub 30 is rotated at low speed during the washing operation, the lifters 30b lift the laundry wetted by the water from the bottom of the rotary tub 30 and drop the laundry to the bottom of the rotary tub 30 such that the laundry is effectively washed.
- the rotary shaft 51 is rotated in alternating directions by the motor 50 such that the rotary tub 30 is rotated at low speed to wash the laundry.
- the rotary shaft 51 is rotated in one direction such that the rotary tub 30 is rotated at high speed to spin-dry the laundry.
- the center of gravity of the rotary tub 30 does not coincide with the center of rotation of the rotary tub 30 or the laundry is not uniformly distributed in the rotary tub 30, i.e., the laundry is concentrated at a specific region of the rotary tub 30, while the rotary tub 30 is rotated at high speed during the spin-drying operation, the rotary tub 30 eccentrically rotates with respect to the rotary shaft 51. As a result, the rotary tub 30 does not maintain the dynamic balance.
- balancers 60 are mounted at the front and rear ends of the rotary tub 30 to stabilize the rotation of the rotary tub 30.
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the rotary tub according to the present embodiment
- FIG. 3 is an assembled perspective view of the rotary tub according to the present embodiment.
- the rotary tub 30 includes a cylindrical body 31 having open front and rear parts, the through-holes 30a, and the lifters 30b, a front member 32 coupled to the open front part of the body 31 and having an opening 34 through which laundry is put into or removed from the body 31, and a rear member 33 coupled to the open rear part of the body 31 and the rotary shaft 51 to rotate the rotary tub 30.
- annular recess 35 which is formed approximately in the sectional shape of a '[' and is opened forward to receive the corresponding balancer 60.
- annular recess (not shown) which is open rearward to receive the corresponding balancer 60.
- the front member 32 and the rear member 33 are fitted in the front edge and the rear edge of the body 31 and fixed to the body 31 by screws or other suitable fixing members.
- the balancers 60 are mounted in the recesses 35 of the front and rear members 32 and 33.
- Each balancer 60 is constructed in the structure of an annular single race, in which a plurality of steel balls 61 are disposed and a viscous fluid is filled to control the moving speed of the balls 61.
- the balls 61 are movable in a circumferential direction such that, when a dynamic unbalance occurs at the rotary tub 30, the balls 61 move to a position symmetrical to the position where the dynamic unbalance occurs to reduce the vibration of the rotary tub 30.
- FIG. 4 is a control block diagram of the washing machine with the balancers according to the present embodiment.
- the washing machine includes a signal input unit 100, a vibration detection unit 110, a control unit 120, a drive unit 130, and a rotational frequency detection unit 140.
- the signal input unit 100 inputs operation information, such as a washing course (for example, a delicate washing course or a normal washing course), a washing temperature, spin-drying rpm, and additional rinsing, selected by a user, depending upon material to be laundered, to the control unit 120.
- operation information such as a washing course (for example, a delicate washing course or a normal washing course), a washing temperature, spin-drying rpm, and additional rinsing, selected by a user, depending upon material to be laundered, to the control unit 120.
- the vibration detection unit 110 detects vibration of the water tub 20 that is changed while the number of rotations of the motor 50 is maintained at a predetermined number of rotations (W-RPM: approximately 160 to 270 RPM) before excessive vibration is generated from the water tub 20 until the balls 61 reach the balancing position.
- the number of rotations at which the excessive vibration is generated (A-RPM) is approximately 270 RPM.
- the balancing position is the side opposite to concentrated laundry W causing the unbalance. Therefore, excessive vibration of the water tub 20 is prevented from being generated before the balls 61 reach the balancing position during a spin-drying operation of the washing machine with the balancers 60.
- a signal waveform of the vibration frequency as shown in FIG. 5 is detected by the vibration detection unit 110.
- the vibration frequency of FIG. 5 is a signal waveform generated due to a modulation phenomenon caused by the difference between the rotating speed (RPM1) of the rotary tub 30 and the rotating speed (RPM2) of the balls 61 as shown in FIG. 6 .
- the control unit 120 is a microcomputer to control the washing machine according to the operation information inputted from the signal input unit 100.
- the control unit 120 maintains the number of rotations of the motor 50 at the predetermined number of rotations (W-RPM) for a predetermined time (W-T1).
- W-RPM is the number of rotations at which the modulation phenomenon is easily observed while the vibration of the water tub does not exceed a predetermined value.
- W-T1 is the time calculated based on time taken until the number of rotations of the water tub reaches the number of excessive vibration rotations from the predetermined number of rotations.
- the number of rotations of the motor 50 is maintained at the predetermined time such that the motor 50 passes through the excessive vibration generating point of the water tub 20 during a spin-drying operation until the balls 61 reach the balancing position, and the control unit 120 reincreases the number of rotations of the motor 50 such the rotary tub 30 is rotated at high speed.
- the control unit 120 checks the vibration of the water tub 20 when reincreasing the number of rotations of the motor 50, and, when the vibration of the water tub 20 exceeds a predetermined vibration level (i.e., a reference vibration level considered as the excessive vibration of the water tub), brakes the motor 50 such that the RPM of the motor 50 is lowered to the predetermined number of rotations (W-RPM). Then the control unit 120 reincreases the RPM of the motor 50 to reliably reduce the excessive vibration of the water tub 20 during the spin-drying operation.
- a predetermined vibration level i.e., a reference vibration level considered as the excessive vibration of the water tub
- the control unit 120 sets a time (W-T2) necessary to brake the motor 50 such that the RPM of the motor 50 is lowered to the predetermined number of rotations (W-RPM) and reincreases the RPM of the motor 50 such that the excessive vibration passing point is located at half cycle. Therefore, the balls 61 are located at the balancing position after the brake of the motor 50.
- the time may be derived through experiments.
- the drive unit 130 drives the water supply valve 12, the drainage pump 16, and the motor 50 according to a drive control signal of the control unit 120.
- the rotational frequency detection unit 140 detects the number of rotations of the motor 50 to determine whether the RPM of the motor 50 is lowered by the brake of the motor 50 and inputs the detected number of rotations of the motor 50 to the control unit 120.
- FIGS. 7A and 7B are flow charts illustrating a process of reducing excessive vibration of the water tub in the washing machine with the balancers according to the present embodiment.
- the control unit 120 controls the drive unit 130 to drive the motor 50, and the spin-drying rotation of the rotary tub 30 is initiated by the motor 50 (S202).
- control unit 120 controls the motor 50 to be maintained at the predetermined number of rotations (W-RPM) before the motor 50 passes through the number of rotations (A-RPM) at the resonance point where the excessive vibration of the water tub 20 is generated, which is the excessive vibration generating point, until the balls 61 reach the balancing position during the spin-drying operation such that the motor 50 passes through the excessive vibration generating point of the water tub 20.
- the rotational frequency detection unit 140 detects the number of rotations of the motor 50, while the motor 50 performs the spin-drying rotation of the rotary tub 30, and inputs the detected number of rotations of the motor 50 to the control unit 120 (S204).
- the number of rotations of the motor 50 is maintained as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 (S208). If it is determined that the number of rotations of the motor 50 has not reached the predetermined number of rotations (W-RPM), the operation returns to S202.
- FIG. 8 is a graph illustrating a ball behavior control process of reducing the excessive vibration of the water tub in the washing machine with the balancers according to the present embodiment
- FIG. 9 is a graph illustrating a rotational frequency control process of reducing the excessive vibration of the water tub in the washing machine with the balancers according to the present embodiment.
- the number of rotations of the motor 50 is maintained at the predetermined number of rotations (W-RPM) before the excessive vibration (Vmax) of the water tub 20 is generated until the balls 61 reach the balancing position.
- the signal waveform shown in FIG. 5 may be obtained by a device to detect the speed change or vibration of the water tub 20, for example, a vibration detection unit.
- the vibration frequency of FIG. 5 is a signal waveform generated due to a modulation phenomenon caused by the difference between the rotating speed (RPM1) of the rotary tub 30 and the rotating speed (RPM2) of the balls 61 as shown in FIG. 6 .
- the signal waveform is used to set the number of rotations of the motor 50 at which the modulation phenomenon caused by the difference between the rotating speed (RPM1) of the rotary tub 30 and the rotating speed (RPM2) of the balls is easily observed such that the spin-drying operation is performed while the vibration of the water tub 20 does not exceed the predetermined vibration level (Vmax), the reference vibration level considered as the excessive vibration of the water tub.
- control unit 120 counts the time taken to maintain the number of rotations of the motor 50 at the predetermined number of rotations (W-RPM) to determine whether a predetermined first time (W-T1) has elapsed (S210). When it is determined that the predetermined first time (W-T1) has elapsed, the control unit 120 performs the spin-drying operation while reincreasing the number of rotations of the motor 50 to a spin-drying RPM as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 (S212). If it is determined that the predetermined first time (W-T1) has not elapsed, the operation returns to S208.
- W-RPM predetermined number of rotations
- the number of rotations of the motor 50 may be reincreased after the number of rotations of the motor 50 is maintained at the predetermined number of rotations (W-RPM) for the predetermined first time (W-T1) or before the vibration frequency reaches the minimum level (i.e., the lowest signal point) while the control unit 120 continuously checks the signal waveform of the vibration frequency shown in FIG. 5 .
- the vibration detection unit 110 detects the vibration of the water tub 20 changed as the number of rotations of the motor 50 is reincreased and inputs the detected vibration to the control unit 120 (S214).
- the control unit 120 compares the vibration of the water tub 20 detected by the vibration detection unit 110 with the predetermined vibration level (Vmax) to determine whether the vibration of the water tub 20 exceeds the predetermined vibration level (Vmax) (S216).
- the control unit 120 brakes the motor 50 to lower the number of rotations of the motor 50 (S218). If it is determined that the vibration of the water tub 20 does not exceed the predetermined vibration level (Vmax), the operation returns to S212.
- the rotational frequency detection unit 140 detects the lowered number of rotations of the motor 50, and inputs the detected number of rotations of the motor 50 to the control unit 120 (S220).
- the control unit 120 determines whether the number of rotations of the motor 50 detected by the rotational frequency detection unit 140 has reached the predetermined number of rotations (W-RPM) (S222). When it is determined that the number of rotations of the motor 50 has not reached the predetermined number of rotations (W-RPM), the operation returns to S218 and the control unit 120 brakes the motor 50 to lower the RPM of the motor 50 until the number of rotations of the motor 50 reaches the predetermined number of rotations (W-RPM).
- the control unit 120 determines whether a predetermined second time (W-T2) has elapsed after the brake of the motor 50 (S224). When it is determined that the predetermined second time (W-T2) has elapsed, the control unit performs the spin-drying operation while reincreasing the number of rotations of the motor 50 to the spin-drying RPM as shown in FIG. 10 (S226). If it is determined that the predetermined second time (W-T2) has not elapsed, the operation returns to S224.
- W-T2 a predetermined second time
- the number of rotations of the motor 50 may be reincreased after the number of rotations of the motor 50 is maintained at the predetermined number of rotations (W-RPM) for the predetermined second time (W-T2), or the time point where the number of rotations of the motor 50 is reincreased may be derived through experiments such that the excessive vibration (Vmax) passing point is located at half cycle.
- FIG. 10 is a graph illustrating a brake control process of reducing the excessive vibration of the water tub in the washing machine with the balancers according to the present embodiment.
- the control unit brakes the motor 50 such that the RPM of the motor is rapidly lowered to the predetermined number of rotations (W-RPM) to reliably reduce the vibrations of the water tub 20, and reincreases the number of rotations of the motor 50, after the predetermined second time (W-T2) has elapsed, to reduce the magnitude and deviation of the excessive vibration of the water tub 20.
- W-RPM predetermined number of rotations
- W-T2 predetermined second time
- the control unit 120 stops the operation of the motor 50 (S230). If it is not determined that the spin-drying operation has not been completed, the operation returns to S228.
- the process of reducing the excessive vibration of the water tub 20 generated during the spin-drying operation was described.
- the present embodiment is not limited to the spin-drying operation.
- the present embodiment may be applied to any operation in which the vibration of the water tub 20 may be generated before the balls reach a balancing position in the washing machine with the balancers 60.
- the present embodiment provides a washing machine and a control method thereof that is capable of reincreasing the number of rotations of a motor after maintaining the number of rotations of the motor at a predetermined number of rotations before excessive vibration of a water tub is generated for a predetermined time such that the motor passes through an excessive vibration generating point of the water tub. Consequently, the present embodiment has the effect of reducing the excessive vibration of the water tub generated before balls reach the balancing position.
- the present embodiment provides a washing machine and a control method thereof that is capable of braking the motor, when the water tub is vibrated at more than a predetermined vibration level after reincreasing the RPM of the motor, to lower the RPM of the motor to a predetermined number of rotations, and reincreasing the RPM of the motor, whereby the excessive vibration of the water tub is prevented based on not the probability but the control. Consequently, the present embodiment has the effect of reliably reducing the excessive vibration of the water tub.
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