sam sokolik wrote: > Thanks! > > the drives are what is limiting.. They are 20a continuous and 40a > peak. The servos are pretty close to an amp per ft-lb. with a 2:1 belt > drive - that gives us 80ft-lb peak at the screws. That is pretty close > to what the old hydraulic servos. > I wouldn't call 16000 Lbs linear force "limiting". It sounds QUITE sufficient for such a machine. You don't expect a machine like that to be doing high speed contouring, but I suspect it can probably do anything that the available spindle speed makes practical.
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