Gene brought up mechanically damping mid-band resonance in a stepper. I'm old school and mechanical/inertia dampers are all I know. Folks have posted videos to YouTube that show the efficacy of this approach.
However, I've noticed a number of stepper-drive vendors claim to have electronic solutions to the resonance problem. Geckodrive, for example, has its "mid-band compensation." Parker Motion has not one but three techniques: ActiveDamping(TM), Electronic Viscosity (TM), and ABS Damping (TM). Question to y'all. Do these electronic techniques deliver the goods? Is a mechanical solution not needed if one or more of these electronic solutions is employed? (I'm stilling using the PMDX-150 drives I bought from Steve years ago. I don't want to buy a new drive just to test a vendor claim; I'd rather wait until I the magic smoke has escaped from one of mine.) Are there any videos posted that might satisfy us honorary Missourians (the Show Me state)? Regards, Kent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
