VERFAHREN ZUR ERKENNUNG DER ACHSENVERSCHIEBUNG IN EINEM ANTRIEBSKRAFTÜBERTRAGUNGSMECHANISMUS MIT EINER AUTOMATISCHEN SELBSTAUSRICHTENDEN KUPPLUNG

摘要

An object is to provide a method of detecting an amount of an axis displacement in a power transmission device using an automatic self-aligning engagement clutch, the method being capable of accurately detecting the amount of the axis displacement in the automatic self-aligning engagement clutch during an operation with a simple configuration. In a power transmission device configured to transmit a driving force to a driven body by allowing a rotary shaft of a first drive source to engage with a rotary shaft of a second drive source through an automatic self-aligning engagement clutch, an amount of an axis position variation of each of the rotary shaft of the first drive source and the rotary shaft of the second drive source are measured by non-contact sensors, and an amount of a relative axis displacement of the rotary shaft of the second drive source relative to the rotary shaft of the first drive source is detected on the basis of the measurement result of the amount of the axis position variation of each rotary shaft when the rotary shaft of the first drive source engages with the rotary shaft of the second drive source through the automatic self-aligning engagement clutch.