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Safe torque off a.k.a. STO is a motor drive function that disables drive's ability to direct any torque inducing power to the motor and also prevents unintentional motor power-up. STO is built with redundancy a way that guarantees the torque removal torque even in the case of single failure of any component of the system.
Usefulness
Built-in STO in drive provides following
- Pros
- Eliminate the need of power cutting relay or contactor
- Can provide dynamic braking of motor under STO condition instead of letting motor free-wheel which usually increases safety
- Reduce cost of safety circuity
- Simplify wiring
- Cons
- Most STO implementations not safe with brush DC motors and also may cause AC motor to lock-up in certain magnetic pole angle
STO in Argon servo drive
Argon (servo drive) has 4-way STO function making it one of the most fail safe implementations available. Safety is being provided by four simultaneous actions:
- Removing AC input power from power stage by the means of internal safety rated relay
- Cutting gate drive voltage from power stage rendering power stage inactive
- Activating dynamic braking of motor
- Software (firmware) disabling motor control
