I am considering EMC2 for one of our projects. My hope here is to get some general feedback from form users and even possibly build some work relationships.
The question is, how do I leverage EMC2 ‘s advantages while address some of the weaknesses inherit to a noncommercial GPL offerings?
The project is to upgrade proprietary medical manufacturing equipment that drills a series of holes in a product while rotating a table. The original solution is 15+ years old and is made from custom designed motion controller that uses stepper motors and drives in an open loop configuration. These things look a lot like a hobby mill that uses a rotating table vice. Or, like a four axis machine that doesn't’t use the y axis. With a terrible little four line display and custom interface, not CNC.
We sold the customer on a gCode CNC solution. They have CNC machines on staff, owing Master CAM. They just get it.