On 11/1/2013 9:22 AM, dave wrote: > Hi all, > > I've often wondered how well a rotary table would work if driven by a > reasonably stiff timing belt. Say 1" urethane with steel fibers. > Gearing would be approx 5:1 and then a reducer if necessary to couple to > the servo motor. Encoder would be mounted on an idler wheel driven by > the 1" belt. I use a similar encoder setup on the Z axis of my mill and > it seems to give rather good control at ~ 100K counts/inch. ;-)
You'd need a shield or cover to keep chips from getting between the belt and pulleys, but other than that it should work. Cogged belts have been used on some heavy equipment and precision drives on milling machines. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android is increasing in popularity, but the open development platform that developers love is also attractive to malware creators. Download this white paper to learn more about secure code signing practices that can help keep Android apps secure. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=65839951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
