On Thursday 02 July 2009, Rainer Schmidt wrote: >>> The goal of my question was to reduce the power consumption (save the >>> planet !!), because I am not always in front of the machine (I know it is >>> bad to do that !), I am not informed when the job is terminated and the >>> motor are energized often for a long time. > >For jobs like that I made a box with a switch which actuates a >contactor. I put it onto a known location on the table and the last >thing the system does is power down the spindle, switch off the dust >collection, then dwell for a minute to be sure the spindle has run >out, then jog to the switch and run slowly over it. -click- >darkrness.... Entire CNC and subsystems are DOWN. Costs $50 to make >and is the ultimate solution. In case I get a tool changing spindle, >I'll epoxy a rubber finger to a half inch shaft to operate that switch >;). That would be a great conversation piece...
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