Re: Servo motors upgrade
Originally Posted by
Dem1
Hi all again
I have brought a esab combirex table,
It is in great condition and very heavy and strong, it's 12ft X 30ft running on older servo motors through gear reduction
The controller is too old to work with now-a-days, it runs on floppy disc.
So question is could this be updated to modern software and still use the original motors
Most likely. Depends on the servos, but for the most part the older ones are easy to interface with. I have 30 year old servos and drives on 2 machines in my shop, running on modern software and controls.
Jim Dawson
Sandy, Oregon, USA