Re: [Emc-users] torque-velocity questions

2012-04-06 Thread Stuart Stevenson
: [Emc-users] torque-velocity questions We are investigating using my favorite cnc controller for an application which will require as much stiffness as we can arrange; websearching suggests that torque mode rather than velocity mode is preferrred in such applications. We are using a Pico PPMC

Re: [Emc-users] torque-velocity questions

2012-04-06 Thread Anders Wallin
1 - is there some inherent incompatibility between Linux CNC and torque mode servos? 2-  is there some deeply buried config parameter that needs to be changed? 3-  can somebody point us to a strategy specifically oriented to tuning torque mode servos? 4-  any other ideas? Here are some

Re: [Emc-users] torque-velocity questions

2012-04-06 Thread Jon Elson
lloyd wilson wrote: We are investigating using my favorite cnc controller for an application which will require as much stiffness as we can arrange; websearching suggests that torque mode rather than velocity mode is preferrred in such applications. We are using a Pico PPMC interface set to

Re: [Emc-users] torque-velocity questions

2012-04-06 Thread Jon Elson
Peter C. Wallace wrote: No, but a torque mode PID loop is also responsible for velocity control. This is handled by a separate high speed loop in your drive when your drive is in velocity mode. A Torque mode PID loop often needs to to run at a higher sample rate than a PID loop

[Emc-users] torque-velocity questions

2012-04-05 Thread lloyd wilson
We are investigating using my favorite cnc controller for an application which will require as much stiffness as we can arrange; websearching suggests that torque mode rather than velocity mode is preferrred in such applications. We are using a Pico PPMC interface set to mediate between the

Re: [Emc-users] torque-velocity questions

2012-04-05 Thread Dave
You might be making this more difficult than need be. If you tell the drive to go to a position via a path and while executing that path you have very little following error, then how could that be improved upon? The stiffness of your drive system will be more related to the size of your

Re: [Emc-users] torque-velocity questions

2012-04-05 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Thu, 5 Apr 2012, lloyd wilson wrote: Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:32:27 -0400 From: lloyd wilson llwilso...@rochester.rr.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Emc mail list emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] torque-velocity