ASDA-A2  Chapter 2 Installation 
2-14  Revision February, 2017 
Take 400W as the example, the cycle of back and forth operation is T = 0.4sec, the maximum 
speed is 3000r/min and the load inertia is 7 times to the motor inertia. Then, the needful power of 
regenerative resistor is 2 × ((7+1) × 1.68 – 8) / 0.4 = 27.2 W. If it is smaller than the built-in capacity 
of regenerative resistor, the built-in 60W regenerative resistor will do. Generally speaking, when 
the need of the external load inertia is not much, the built-in regenerative is enough. The diagram 
below describes the actual operation. The smaller power of the regenerative resistor it is, the more 
energy it accumulates and the higher temperature it will be. When the temperature is higher than a 
specific value, ALE05 occurs. 
(b) If the external load torque exists, the motor is in reverse rotation. 
Usually, the motor is in forward rotation, which means the torque output direction of the motor 
is the same as the rotation direction. However, in some applications, the direction of torque 
output is different from the rotation. In this situation, the motor is in reverse rotation. The 
external energy goes into the servo drive through the motor. The diagram below is one 
example.  When the external force direction is the same as the moving direction, the servo 
system has to use the force of the opposite direction to keep the speed and stability. Huge 
amount of energy will return to the servo drive at the moment. When DC-BUS is full and 
unable to store the regenerative energy, the energy will be leaded to regenerative resistor 
and consumed.
 
馬達轉速
外部負載扭矩
馬達輸出扭矩
馬達輸出負功 正功 負功
正功
 
Negative torque: TL × Wr      TL: external load torque 
For safety reasons, please calculate it by considering the safest situation. 
For example, when the external load torque is the +70% rated torque and the rotation 
reaches 3000 r/min, then take 400 W (the rated torque is 1.27 Nt-m) as the example, the 
user has to connect the regenerative resistor of 40, which is 2 × (0.7× 1.27) × (3000 × 2 × π/
60) = 560W. 
 
Motor Speed 
External Load Torque 
Motor Output Torque 
Negative Torque 
Negative Torque Positive 
Torque 
Positive