On 26 July 2013 23:52, dave <dengv...@charter.net> wrote: >> I have been idly pondering a rotary rack toolchanger. >> The idea is that the spindle replaces the tool, then makes an arc-move >> to index the rotating rack, them releases, moves up, and selects the >> next tool.
> However, it would seem that if you index with a servo to select the tool > it might be rather fast to select position. Yes. But that is conventional and logical. I was wondering if I could eliminate all motors from the toolchanger and still have a rotary carousel. (so that tools can live outside the work envelope) -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
