Originally Posted by
Chaka
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.