Knowledge on electric drive components and their interaction within the drive in general. Ability to utilize engineering methods for designing electric drives. Capability to select components for specific industrial drives.

1. differentiate types of electric drives
2. define servo drive
3. compare the techniques of starting and braking operation
4. analyze drive system
5. compare industrial communications
6. analyze safety functions of drives
7. analyze the electromagnetic compatibility of drives
8. differentiate types of drive failures

Lectures take place in two cycles. The first cylce lasts for 7 weeks with two-hour lectures and the second cylce lasts for 6 weeks with two-hour lectures.

Written mid-term exam, final oral exam

Solving of numerical examples related to the lecture topics.

On an example of a concrete electric drive from industrial practice it is required to calculate mechanical requirements of the working mechanism for the given dynamics of the drive, select the adequate drive and driving motor together with the switching and protection equipment, size the braking assembly (chopper and resistor).

1. Historical development, overview and classification of electric drives. DC drives.
2. Induction machine AC drives
3. Electric drives with synchronous and brushless DC motors
4. Selection of motor for an electric drive according to duty cycle
5. Servo drives
6. Drive systems
7. Example of a drive - selection of components
8. Mid-term exam
9. Examples of complex drive systems
10. Special purpose electric drives
11. Industrial communication in electric drives
12. Electric drive safety functions
13. Electromagnetic compatibility in electric drives
14. Failures and elimination of failures in drives
15. Final exam