On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Peter C. Wallace <p...@mesanet.com> wrote: > > I think part of the problem is if you just have bare brushless motors its > not likely you will have a plug-and-play solution unless you have the > matching drives, as most AC servo motors are produced to work with a > specific driver, and running them with a generic controller _will_ involve > some futzing about. If you want to avoid this, the best solution is to > purchase a drive/motor combination.
I agree. Most commercial drives will drive other manufacturers motors, but it's not an easy task. I have had some experience with integrating motors, and it's really difficult to avoid learning way too much about someone else's software, and you usually end up with an oscilloscope hooked up to your motor spinning it by hand. There are brushless servo drives that will take either step/dir or +/-10V. Getting those to work with EMC is daunting enough. If the project is well-funded, it's not too hard to go on ebay and buy a matching set of motors and drives. My only advice is to read the manuals first, I have a collection of oddball drives and motors in my stash from before I figured this out. Eric Keller ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fulfilling the Lean Software Promise Lean software platforms are now widely adopted and the benefits have been demonstrated beyond question. Learn why your peers are replacing JEE containers with lightweight application servers - and what you can gain from the move. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfemails _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
