Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread Bryce Johnson
I thought I remembered a name for that from college physics. Velocity is meters/sec Acceleration is meters/sec^2 Jerk is meters/sec^3 Jerk is the rate of change of acceleration. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerk_(physics) On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Andrew parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread andy pugh
On 19 September 2011 21:02, Andrew parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com wrote: Thinking about decreasing stepper (and servo, to some extent) torque at higher speeds, I just thought that having variable axis acceleration would be perfect. I.e., the highest at lower speeds and lower at higher speeds. Is

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread Dave
I would think that this would be very hard to implement successfully. You are talking about optimizing the acceleration settings to a particular motor/drive/load setup. I can only see this being of a benefit if you were running a fixed part with the same cutter over and over again with a

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread craig
Although my education, long ago, was in physics, I do not really understand the physics of electric motors. Are there reasons to limit the rate of change of acceleration? for example: Are there reasons that one would not want to go from max acceleration in one direction to max acceleration is

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread Andrew
2011/9/20 Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com I would think that this would be very hard to implement successfully. You are talking about optimizing the acceleration settings to a particular motor/drive/load setup. I can only see this being of a benefit if you were running a fixed part with the same

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread andy pugh
On 20 September 2011 16:01, craig cr...@facework.com wrote: Although my education, long ago, was in physics, I do not really understand the physics of electric motors. Are there  reasons to limit the rate of change of acceleration? Two different idea have been conflated here. Andrew was

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread Dave
The rate of change of acceleration is Jerk.Limiting Jerk literally make the machine less Jerky which is much more noticeable when running at high speeds. Andy hinted at it with car braking..Have you ever been in a car with a new driver? Oftentimes everyone suffers from a bit of

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread Dave
On 9/20/2011 11:34 AM, Andrew wrote: It looks like lack of capacity at higher speed. You may be simply running out of servo power. Servos oftentimes have some reserve power that you can use for a short period of time, but that is limited. If your drive power supply is undersized, that

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread Andrew
2011/9/20 Dave e...@dc9.tzo.com On 9/20/2011 11:34 AM, Andrew wrote: It looks like lack of capacity at higher speed. You may be simply running out of servo power I've thought about it already, thanks. That's what I intend to try - increase supply power. Servos oftentimes have some

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, Andrew wrote: Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:38:08 +0300 From: Andrew parallel.kinemat...@gmail.com Reply-To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Emc-users]

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread John Prentice
- Original Message - From: Steve Stallings steve...@newsguy.com Accomodating a variable acceleration limit would seem to be fairly complex. Perhaps there is a solution that would offer some of the benefit without as much pain. Since rapid moves are done without cutting loads,

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 19:38 +0300, Andrew wrote: ... snip It just stops and shows something like Overvoltage when connected to PC. ... snip I've seen this message from my VFD's while setting up dynamic braking where the motor back EMF from motor deceleration (motor becomes more like a generator)

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread Sebastian Kuzminsky
On Sep 20, 2011, at 11:09 , John Prentice wrote: On a related topic I have wondered if it would be possible to have a second set of following error settings for rapids. I feel in my tuning that I sacrifice rapid performance to avoid errors that really only need to be tight during cutting.

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread Jon Elson
craig wrote: Although my education, long ago, was in physics, I do not really understand the physics of electric motors. Are there reasons to limit the rate of change of acceleration? for example: Are there reasons that one would not want to go from max acceleration in one direction to

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Tue, 2011-09-20 at 18:09 +0100, John Prentice wrote: ... snip On a related topic I have wondered if it would be possible to have a second set of following error settings for rapids. ... snip I think there is, in the .ini file: FERROR = 0.001 -- Normal error MIN_FERROR = 0.005 -- Low

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, September 20, 2011 03:45:13 PM craig did opine: Although my education, long ago, was in physics, I do not really understand the physics of electric motors. Are there reasons to limit the rate of change of acceleration? Every hear of E=MV2? The machine has a mass that must

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread Peter Blodow
Gene, just for the records: kinetic energy E = 1/2 times M times V square. We are not on relativistic terms here. But as far as this current discussion is concerned, this is not so important. Peter gene heskett schrieb: On Tuesday, September 20, 2011 03:45:13 PM craig did opine:

[Emc-users] OT: Wiring a VFD

2011-09-20 Thread Frank Tkalcevic
I have a Hitachi SJ200 VFD that I will be hooking up to EMC. I'm just wondering what the best combination of signals I should use to control, and monitor it. What it seems to lack, compared to my servo amplifiers, is an Enable line, something that stops it from doing anything unless the Enable

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread Steve Blackmore
On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:02:08 +0300, you wrote: Thinking about decreasing stepper (and servo, to some extent) torque at higher speeds, I just thought that having variable axis acceleration would be perfect. I.e., the highest at lower speeds and lower at higher speeds. Is that ever possible with

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread gene heskett
On Tuesday, September 20, 2011 06:10:14 PM Peter Blodow did opine: Gene, just for the records: kinetic energy E = 1/2 times M times V square. We are not on relativistic terms here. But as far as this current discussion is concerned, this is not so important. Peter And I have never seen

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Wiring a VFD

2011-09-20 Thread andy pugh
On 20 September 2011 22:29, Frank Tkalcevic fr...@franksworkshop.com.au wrote: What it seems to lack, compared to my servo amplifiers, is an Enable line, something that stops it from doing anything unless the Enable is asserted. Generally if neither Forward nor Reverse are set, nothing

Re: [Emc-users] OT: Wiring a VFD

2011-09-20 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 07:29 +1000, Frank Tkalcevic wrote: I have a Hitachi SJ200 VFD that I will be hooking up to EMC. I'm just wondering what the best combination of signals I should use to control, and monitor it. I'm using two digital pins and a DAC to run my SJ200. So far, so good. Adding

Re: [Emc-users] Variable axes acceleration

2011-09-20 Thread Jon Elson
John Prentice wrote: On a related topic I have wondered if it would be possible to have a second set of following error settings for rapids. I feel in my tuning that I sacrifice rapid performance to avoid errors that really only need to be tight during cutting. EMC2 already has it!