Thanks John, I've never heard of Tolomatic so I will have to look them up.
Have you ever priced any Yaskawa linear servo motors and drives? Are they in the same price ranges as Parker? Dave On 6/17/2011 7:40 AM, John Thornton wrote: > I use Tolomatic on all my linear applications, excellent service, > quality components and much more cost effective than Parker. For > industrial applications I pair their slides with Panasonic servos and > drives which is usually controlled with a PLC. > > John > > Dave wrote: > >> Has anyone found a source of less expensive linear servo motors? >> >> I have a client who really wants to use some linear servo motors to >> retrofit some machines. He doesn't really "need" them but he has some >> Parker linear servo motors that I installed a couple >> of years ago and he really likes them but they can't afford to pay the >> big bucks for more Parker linear drives. These are two axes machines >> that look like lathes. >> >> The one long motor (Z axis) has about a 40 inch stroke and 50 lbs of >> force. >> The other short motor (X axis) has about 30 lbs of force. >> >> I believe that these two motors and drives were in the $12,000 range a >> few years ago. >> >> The motors I used before were ironless, I believe they were specified >> that way to eliminate cogging since this is a very low speed application. >> >> Thanks, Dave >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content >> authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image >> Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content > authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image > Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
