Thank you for the pictures Matt. I will most likely do the same sort of design.
Today, I disassembled the encoder areas to start finalizing my parts list. I am a little worried about how the encoders will hold up. I found a fair amount of oil around the area close to the turret pneumatics. My guess is, this may be normal because the pneumatics exhaust inside the housing, and the air may be oiled by the lube system? Farther up the cross slide, the oil seems to have destroyed the potting covering the turret position sensor. I tried to find information on the chips used on the board, but I could not find anything. If I can't get it to work, I suppose it would not be too difficult to redesign one. Did you use up three digital inputs for this? From what I hear, the tool change system relies on timing based on the assumed rpm of the air motor. I wonder if it would be worth it to install a course absolute position encoder, and base the release, turn and lock sequence on position instead? I noticed you got rid of the AMP pin terminals. It took me a while to figure out what was going on there. I am thinking, I might try to fit small euro-style terminals instead. Is the chip on the cross slide circuit board a differential encoder driver? I could not remove the shaft couplers. I think the set screws where glued in, so I had to cut the bellows. I still need to figure out how to get the collars off. On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 01:10 -0400, Matthew Glenn Shaver wrote: > On Wed, 2007-06-20 at 04:47 -0400, Matthew Glenn Shaver wrote: > > Yes, I'll also try to post > > pictures too.... > > ....and here are some pictures of the encoders as mounted: > > http://www.mattshaver.com/hnc/ > > Matt > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
