Amplidyne
Amplidyne
Amplidyne
An amplidyne is an electromechanical amplifier invented during World War II by Ernst Alexanderson. It is usually an AC motor driving a DC generator with modifications to increase the power gain available. A small electrical signal can control the position of a large motor using this approach.
Contents
1 How an amplidyne works 2 How it is used in a gun mount 3 Applications 4 References 5 External links
amplifier is the error signal. The error signal indicates by its electrical characteristics the size and direction of the error. If no error exists, the system is said to be in correspondence and the error signal is zero."[1] Specifically, the phase of the control transformer's output (in phase with the synchro power source, or opposite phase) provided the polarity of the error signal. A phase-sensitive demodulator, with the synchro AC power as its reference, created the DC error signal of the required polarity.
Applications
Amplidynes were initially used for electric elevators, moving sidewalks (Paris 1900), to point naval guns, and antiaircraft artillery radar such as SCR-584 in 1942. Later used to control processes in steelworks.[citation needed] Used to remotely operate the control rods in early nuclear submarine designs (S3G Triton).[citation needed] Diesel-electric locomotive control systems. Early ALCO road-switcher locomotives used this technology.
Amplidyne circuit as used in U.S. Navy naval gun control. This is a high-power position servo system.
References
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1. ^ a b Naval Ordnance and Gunnery, V olume 1, 1957, U.S. Navy Manual, Chapter 10. (http://www.eugeneleeslover.com/USNAVY/CHAPTER-10-D.html) 2. ^ G. J. Thaler and M. L. Wilcox, Electric Machines, Wiley, New York, 1966, pp. 135-149.
External links
Adventures in Cybersound website (http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/13071/20040303-0000/www.acmi.net.au/AIC/ALEXANDERSON_BIO.html) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amplidyne&oldid=492812679" Categories: Electronic amplifiers This page was last modified on 16 May 2012 at 04:23. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of use for details. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.