On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Jon Elson <el...@pico-systems.com> wrote: > Igor Chudov wrote: >> Jon, I do have those strong SEM servos. 30 amp peak, 145v. I take it >> as a hint that my machine is capable of more. >> > Maybe. It depends on the power supply and the belt drive ratio, too. >> I am afraid that I may have set DIP switches on some of my axis drives >> to limit current too much. I will revisit it. It did make engraving >> faster, perhaps 2x faster or so. >> > If you set the amps to limit current to the continuous rating of the > motor, you will > have roughly a 4:1 reduction in acceleration, but you will be totally > safe, you can park the > machine against a stop and it won't burn out the motors. >
Yes, I think that for safety's sake there is no point in going crazy with the motor torque. i > Jon > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > Show off your parallel programming skills. > Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: Show off your parallel programming skills. Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
