Remember that CAM for glass cutting is very special and I don't know of any CAM packages that can handle glass.
It's gonna bite you're a$$. ;-) Cheers, -----Original Message----- From: Marius Liebenberg [mailto:mar...@mastercut.co.za] Sent: 29 September 2015 18:49 To: Todd Zuercher; Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Yaskawa or not The Servopack number is SGDB-03VDY1 like I mentioned below The motors are AC servos - USAGED-30V22 and USAGED-05V22K The machine is a CNC glass cutter that has a horde of pneumatic and hydraulic functions. The model is an Intermac Fox 3700 I would attempot to just replace the pc and control software if I could lay my hands on a manual or wiring diagrams. There are several sub controllers or custom plc's that makes it impossible. ------ Original Message ------ From: "Todd Zuercher" <zuerc...@embarqmail.com> To: "Marius Liebenberg" <mar...@mastercut.co.za>; "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: 2015-09-29 18:38:49 Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Yaskawa or not >Yaskawa has been making motors and drives for a long time, and have >made a lot of different kinds, using all manor of controls. Your going >to have to give us more information for us to give you a >recommendation. > >But on the surface I would have to suggest, if there isn't anything >wrong with the motors or drives keep them. > >Mesa makes hardware that can work with what ever you have, but you need >to figure out what you have before choosing the right control hardware. > >Most old Dos controllers I'm familiar with are just software step >generators, and as such can usually be replaced by Linuxcnc with a >minimum of hardware (most just using a parallel port or 2). > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Marius Liebenberg" <mar...@mastercut.co.za> >To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" ><emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 11:55:55 AM >Subject: [Emc-users] Yaskawa or not > >Hi All >I have been asked to upgrade a machine that has a very old control >system still running on DOS. It is fitted with Yaskawa SGDB-03VDY1 >drives. I cannot seem to find reference to that extract number. There >are two 2.9Kw motors and one 0.45Kw. They all have incremental >encoders. >>From the documentation that I could find I could not see how to drive >these things. It looks like a communications protocol that they use. > >I have to decide how to go about retrofitting this machine. Do I keep >the motors (they are still very good) and keep the drives (dont know >how to drive). Does Mesa have a solution to drive these? >Or do I dump the drives and use another set of drives? What will I use >or, Do I dump the lot and start fresh. What will I use in the place of >Yaskawa? > >Has anyone on the forum used these with reasonable success? > >I would like to go 7i80 so that I can fit an industrial panel mount pc >with touch screen. > >Any thought from the wise ones? > > > >----------------------------- >Regards / Groete > >Marius D. Liebenberg >+27 82 698 3251 >+27 12 743 6064 > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >------- > >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
