Re: new

["Peter Cook" <kf2qd-at-terraworld.net>]

Yep - its possible - You need to add encoders to your axis drives and - if
you go with EMC - probably go with the Servo-to -go board. There are a
couple functions that are missinfg in EMC - at present - that make it a bit
difficult to use for flame and plasma work.

If you e-mail me off the list I might be able to be of some assistance - Up
until March 1 I was building and installing and servicing machines like you
are talking about.

Pete Cook
----- Original Message -----
From: "AJ Hettema" <Ignite-at-ecosse.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <emc-at-nist.gov>
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 10:29 AM
Subject: new


>
> hello,
>
> I have a question on building a cnc-controlled flame/plasma based cutting
> machine. We have a machine with plasma and flame torches which is driven
by
> servo-motors. It also has an eye with which it can follow a black
linedrawing
> on white paper. My dad knows a lot about electronics, and I am familiar in
> configuring computers (clusters, application-servers, etc.). I am also
> familiar with most CAD systems, both 2d and 3d.
>
> I think we can manage it to build such a machine with the documents we
have on
> cnc, and the EMC-software (ofcourse we need to feed it with nc-code, but
> that's not such a big problem). What we would like to know is, is it
possible
> to build a EMC-machine that's controlling servomotors and has something
like
> feedback from the X and Y axis about posistion. Or are servomotors
accurate
> enough to reach a 0.1 mm accuracy??? We couldn't find a document which
> describe's the use of encoders to give the exact position of the X or Y
axis.
>
> It might be a stupid question, but I had to ask it in order to narrow the
> search area and read area.
>
> thanks in advance
> AJ Hettema
>
>
>