The problem of the invention is to achieve a connection or application of a converter to a rotating asynchronous
machine, which is operated without an
encoder, without a
high current and without a torque surge. The
mechanical system and the controlling
system are not to be overloaded. The method is also to be capable of functioning independently of the residual
magnetism. A method is proposed as a
control unit, which employs an
inverter or converter, in order to power the asynchronous
machine (5), which rotates at a mechanical speed. The asynchronous
machine is regulated by the
control unit. A
stator current vector (i s) is ascertained from measured currents of the
stator windings of the asynchronous machine (5) and a rotating
stator voltage vector (u s). A calculation of a stator flux change vector is performed from the
stator current vector (i s), the
stator voltage vector (u s), and a stator resistance (RS) according to a
motor model (100). An angle difference (gamma) between the
stator current vector (i S) and the stator change vector is calculated. This angle difference (gamma) is regulated to a target value of 90 DEG or -90 DEG , wherein an output
signal of said controller corresponds to a rotating
field frequency (
omega) of the
voltage vector of said stator which is to be applied. A regulation of an amplitude of the
stator voltage vector is performed via a current controller (51), to which the difference of a current target value and a variable which corresponds to the amplitude of the stator current is provided at the input as the control difference (51a).