Darrell,
E:mail the guy at rutex, and tell him what you
need. I have found him to be very responsive to requests in the past, and
I'll bet he could cook up an amp that meets your specifications.
Lamar Davidge
-------Original Message-------
Date: Tuesday, February
26, 2002 10:00:30 AM
Subject: Re:
http://rutex.com/home/servo.htm
Dang!!! You got me excited when you said they had 200volt
drives. Then I went to the site and they said 200V and 24Amp I thought
I had found gold. The problem is that you can get 200 volt OR 24 Amp.
The 200 volt model will only do 6 Amp and the 24 Amp model will only
take 50 volts. I need 200 volt 24 Amp drives for a machine that I
have. Darrell
http://www.machinemaster.com
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Original Message ----- From: "Lamar Davidge" <lamar.davidge-at-airmail.net> To:
"Multiple recipients of list" <emc-at-nist.gov> Sent: Tuesday,
February 26, 2002 1:06 AM Subject: Re: intro and a few
questions
Dennis,
Well Iv'e been really happy with
these dirves http://rutex com/home/servo.htm, but they are located in
Australia so it takes about a week for them to get to you. (Rutex also
makes a lot of products relating to cutting torch control, like a torch
height controll, I think they would sell you a complete electronics
package, but I don't know cutting torches arent my thing). It is a
stepper driven servo drive, just like the geck 340 http://www.geckodrive.com/products/g340/,
only it is more adjustable, and it runs at up to 200v, while the gecko
max volts is 80. I chose motors from this company http://www.SEM.co.uk/ cause they have
very good DC brush motors that can handle 140v MT30e4-52 it is
available with an encoder attached for a very reasonable price. The
power supply i use is a bridge rectifier http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category cgi?category=search&item=FWB-352&type=store
, power supplies dont get much cheaper than that! The servo drives
require a seperate 24v power supply I got mine off Ebay real cheap 24$.
If you need ballscrews try MSC I have been pleased with their service,
and their price on the 5/8 line of screws is very reasonable http://www.mscdirect.com/IWCatSectionView process?IWAction=Load&Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=2002093&pcount=15&pbegin=0&Res artFlow=t
as for linear rails Techno Isel makes some good stuff (Techno also has
ballscrews), and very inexpensive for what you get
http://www techno-isel.com/default.htm . Here is a motor control
tutorial from Motorola, I think it is one of the broken links you were
referring to http://e-www.motorola.com/collateral/MOTORPRINTUT.html
.
-btw- there is about 3 years worth of research in these
links so consider yourself about that much ahead of the curve now. If
you want all my links relating to cnc control let me know and I'll
email them to you
Lamar Davidge
-------Original
Message-------
From: emc-at-nist.gov Date: Monday, February 25,
2002 09:16:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: intro and
a few questions
greetings all:
i have recently joined this
list and have been scanning the archives to glean info. i am planning
my jump into cnc with a bdi. i am an semi-experienced linux user and
have had the fortune to use high end machines (puma lathe, hurco mill,
...) i have the basic gcode knowledge. as far as linux goes, i am able
to patch, compile and install source packages. i do ok at basic
scripting. surprisingly, my concerns are not about getting the
emc/linux combination to work, its the other stuff.
i have been
scouring the archives of the yahoo cad/cam/dro list as well, but so far
i have not had any luck figuring out the last bits. if anyone can help
me get over this last hurdle, i would appreciate the guidance.
my
first project is to build a gantry type table to use with either
a cutting torch or a plasma cutter. i have most of the mechanical
tidbits figured out, and i am hoping for an overall size of about
4'x4'. 2d for sure, maybe 3d to adjust torch height, and i am thinking
that i want a coolant off/on type function to control cutting function
on/off. its not unlike the cnc router type affairs that i have seen,
only for metal.
1. is the torch on-off really another axis? can
anyone suggest an means of control. it would be a simple off/on
solenoid type control.
2. the only other thing at this point that
is holding me back is the motors. stepper or servo or chopper type. i
tried a couple of the links to the stepper motor tutorials, but they
seem to be dead. can someone point me to a resource or faq for
them?
3. lastly, the whole notion of torque ratings of the motors.
again, pointers would be great. i don't think i need gorilla torque or
speed.. i am looking for 10-80 inches per minute travel. i have been
scouring the scrapyard for motors, and surprisingly enough, i see A LOT
of them, but havn't been able to identify my needs.
again, i
know this is mostly a dedicated emc list, but i am hoping someone can
point me in the right direction to get over these last remaining
hurdles to get going.
thanks in
advance
dennis
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