Patent attributes
A textile machine includes a main driven system driven by a plurality of main motors, a plurality of slave driven systems each driven by at least one slave motor, and an energy supply/control arrangement for supplying energy to the main motors and the slave motors and for controlling the flow of energy between a power supply system and the main motors and the slave motors. The energy supply/control arrangement includes a first energy exchange unit, a first main motor unit, a second energy exchange unit, a second main motor unit, and a controller. The slave motors include at least one first slave motor connected to a first DC voltage bus system by an associated first slave motor unit and at least one second slave motor connected to a second DC voltage bus system by an associated second slave motor unit.
