Hi Pfmcnamara,
My name is Tom and I'm an applications engineer at Teknic. I came across your post and it's clear you've done your homework. I wanted to reach out to help answer your questions...
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Hi Pfmcnamara,
My name is Tom and I'm an applications engineer at Teknic. I came across your post and it's clear you've done your homework. I wanted to reach out to help answer your questions...
Hi 1Jumper10,
I saw your comment about the Pepperel and Fuchs proximity switches as well as the mention of the high price tag. Many of our OEM customers have moved away from using limit and...
Hi Robert,
the usual process is to have the gantry on the machine with the gantry motors (I usually call them X1 and X2) enabled with the factory default files. You won't be moving the gantry....
BTW, awesome build 1Jumper10. The quality of your build shows that this is not your first rodeo. You have made an impressive amount of progress in the last week. Nice job
Sorry. Didn't format properly.
1) X and Y axes are often the same mechanical design to make the machine easier to build and to make the command creation (math) easier
2) The vertical Z axis is...
You run the auto-tuner on your short axis that runs side to side (not on the long dual motor gantry axis). In the example below that I wrote for Hands On CNC I used "Y" as the single motor axis and...
Hi RakmUp,
Thank you for considering the ClearPath integrated servos. The most important aspect when using the auto-tuner for a single motor to create a file for a dual motor gantry is to...
Same here...wishing you the best
Yes, NIC 77, you have. I simply mentioned them because my responses in the beginning were largely directed to their comments. No offense intended.
The percentage of time that you can run at peak...
Again, Louie and 1Jumper10 have raised some good points. Oriental Motors clearly states on their website to de-rate their own stepper motor specs by 50% and Schneider states that you should not go...
Thanks Nic 77 for your questions. Louie is correct. MDrives are steppers which means that they are less efficient and are limited on torque at high speed. They also have some limitations when it...
Hi, this is Tom from Teknic. I’ve seen some questions in this thread about ClearPath, so I figured I’d see if I could help clarify.
From a construction perspective, ClearPath is an 8-pole,...
Yes, the ClearPath SD motors are an integrated servo motor that include the servo drive and servo motor with encoder in one integrated enclosure.
Hi Gilead,
I just responded to your recent post here: http://www.cnczone.com/forums/dynomotion-kflop-kanalog/337098-cnc.html#post2050674
My response goes into some substantial detail regarding...
Hi Gilead,
This is Tom from Teknic. I believe I understand your requirements and concerns and Roger has shed some good insight. Let's start at the beginning.
There are many thousands of high...
WhiteWolf,
Very nice review and many thanks for the endorsement. You nailed the apples to apples analogy. It looks like you have really done your homework. I look forward to seeing your build.
Hi Eric,
You have caused quite a bit of buzz around the office today with your request to pick up your motor directly from Teknic. I am not sure if you got the correct message because it sounds...
Dangle_kt,
That seems really high, though I don't know what you are building.
I am guessing that you chose the HP model "just to be sure". The HP model is important for "high speed-high power"...
Hi Louie,
No, it doesn't matter how you configure it. You can do whatever is most convenient. Some power supplies (like the DC power supply for my landscape lights) have a partition between the...
Hi RCaffin,
Most multi-meters are good for many things, like checking for continuity, but they collect and display data too slowly for things like measuring peak current draw. Fast accelerations...
Hi Dangle_kt,
You will need a step and direction servo motor so you are looking at the SD family of ClearPath.
You will probably get very good results with the CPM-SDSK-3411S-RLN. You can get...
These are good questions. Dual motor axes are very common and are not a problem for servo motors when the integration is done correctly.
Out-Of-Square
It is true that closed loop servos will...