On 27 February 2012 16:53, Alan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > I am replacing the dc motor on my mill with a 3phase motor + inverter as > part of its conversion to CNC. Here in the uk there are several > companies that sell inverters together with a remote pendant. My > question is can I arrange it so that I can switch between using the > pendant for manual use and an input from emc when using cnc and if so how? > > Is it as simple as connecting two input sockets (one for pendant and one > for computer) between a 2pole multiway switch to allow me to select > either one or the other? > > Thanks > > Alan > > > Wouldn't the DC motor be far more versatile? Especially for low speed rigid tapping. I actually want to change my spindle motors to DC. Mostly because they're lying around, free. Better low end torque, and easy to control speed. With an encoder, the spindle becomes a servo axis. Regards Roland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try before you buy = See our experts in action! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
