On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Viesturs Lācis <viesturs.la...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2014-06-27 17:08 GMT+03:00 Christian Stöveken < > christian.stoeve...@gmail.com>: > > Here is the doodle link to find the "right" weekend. > > Christian, I have events in September 21 and October 11 and need time > to prepare for them, so I would appreciate, if you could add October > 17-18 and/or October 24-25 to the calendar. > > ^^ looks like 4./5. Okt will be the date. > > I was looking for a way to make it even more interesting for everybody > > coming > > and maybe advance the 6-axis robot side of LinuxCNC. > > > > So I got this idea to buy these old ABB robots from the local scrap > machine > > dealer > > to convert and give away at cost for anybody who wants one. > > I definitely want one (no comments, if I actually need it), so I would > appreciate a little more details about them. http://www05.abb.com/global/scot/scot241.nsf/veritydisplay/e61508f4f3d8e993c125772e00558b68/$file/irb%201410%20pr10325en_r3.pdf > Any idea about the load > capacity (1 kg? 5kg? They definitely do not seem like capable of > anything more than 10 kg). 5kg + 18kg on axis 3 (welder) > What is their current condition, especially > wave reducers (harmonic gears)? don't know, haven't found the time to look at them. > Do I understand correctly that you got > only bare robots, no control cabinets? yes, because unfortunately the electrics get recycled at some different company that I don't know. > Any ideas about motor > parameters - voltage and current? What kind of position feedback is > there - resolver, incremental or absolute encoder? > I looked inside two motors and the position feedback is done with resolvers. I don't know about the voltage, just that the robot is normally used with the IRC5 controller. After some cursing about chinese manuals, in the end I got those Kinco > servo drives to work, and they seem to work fine, once the braking > resistor is added, and their prices seem nice: > > http://www.zappautomation.co.uk/electrical-products/servo-systems/ac-and-dc-brushless-servo-drivers/cd-range-344.html > > I do not know of any other options in this price range with 220 VAC > input, which allows to save on power supply. > I used them without Hall sensor feedback, I have config backup that > worked with those motors from waterjet (the one that pleased folks > with white smoke went to rewinding and was back in service soon after > the event) and could share some basic advice about them. > That's always welcome. Regards, Christian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Infragistics Professional Build stunning WinForms apps today! Reboot your WinForms applications with our WinForms controls. Build a bridge from your legacy apps to the future. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=153845071&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
