Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 3/24/2014 9:19 PM, tcninj...@gmail.com wrote: not a brake,just a ring with a notch that clamps on the spindle and an air cylinder with a roller on the end to drop in the notch Milltronics used that system for years no encoder just turn on spindle to like 50 rpm and actuate the cylinder

Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 March 2014 02:49, Gregg Eshelman g_ala...@yahoo.com wrote: rig isn't going to cut it. I've been thinking on how to build a tool changer for NMTB, without having to add a spindle encoder and fine motor control. Since the spindle has two drive lugs, probably an alignment jig that pinches

Re: [Emc-users] C2000 vfd + AC inductor motor + LinuxCNC

2014-03-25 Thread andy pugh
On 25 March 2014 04:08, Leonardo Marsaglia leonardomarsagli...@gmail.com wrote: Anyway, I think that may be using a timing pulley the ripple could be reduced. It appears only when the axis is going up and between 3000 mm/min and 8000 mm/min because of the high torque demand. Going down it's

Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread Dave Cole
On 3/24/2014 2:28 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 24 March 2014 18:35, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: Maybe check your phone provider for a SMS e-mail or other port? http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_6510217_send-message-o2-cell-phone.html Hmm, certainly looks simpler than stopping the

Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread Dave Cole
On 3/24/2014 3:52 PM, Bertho Stultiens wrote: On 03/24/2014 09:34 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Maybe check your phone provider for a SMS e-mail or other port? http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_6510217_send-message-o2-cell-phone.html Hmm, certainly looks simpler than stopping the spindle and stabbing the

Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread Mark Wendt
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/25/2014 9:45 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/24/2014 2:28 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 24 March 2014 18:35, Kirk Wallace

Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 25 March 2014 11:03:06 Mark Wendt did opine: On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/24/2014 2:28 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 24 March 2014 18:35, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: Maybe check your phone provider for a

Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread Mark Wendt
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/24/2014 2:28 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 24 March 2014 18:35, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: Maybe check your phone provider for a SMS e-mail or other port?

Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread Dave Cole
On 3/25/2014 9:45 AM, Mark Wendt wrote: On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/24/2014 2:28 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 24 March 2014 18:35, Kirk Wallace kwall...@wallacecompany.com wrote: Maybe check your phone provider for a SMS e-mail or other port?

Re: [Emc-users] C2000 vfd + AC inductor motor + LinuxCNC

2014-03-25 Thread Dave Cole
Is the drive train self locking, so that if you loose power, the load does not drop? Or do you have a brake on the motor or someplace else? One thing I have heard that can be a problem when using a squirrel cage AC motor like this at very low speeds, is that the motor can overheat due to

Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread Mark Wendt
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Tuesday 25 March 2014 11:03:06 Mark Wendt did opine: On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/24/2014 2:28 PM, andy pugh wrote: On 24 March 2014 18:35, Kirk Wallace

Re: [Emc-users] C2000 vfd + AC inductor motor + LinuxCNC

2014-03-25 Thread Jonathan Blissett
Field oriented control can be considered just another name for vector control in this context. There is a distinction in that a vector *controller* is the name given to the functions which convert the 3-phase motor into a 2-phase reference frame upon the rotor. FOC is the whole thing - i.e. using

Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 25 March 2014 12:55:35 Mark Wendt did opine: On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Tuesday 25 March 2014 11:03:06 Mark Wendt did opine: On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/24/2014 2:28

Re: [Emc-users] C2000 vfd + AC inductor motor + LinuxCNC

2014-03-25 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
2014-03-25 7:14 GMT-03:00 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com: You might find that if you add some bias to the PID controller then you can make the behaviour more symmetrical. Hopefully symetrically good, not symetrically bad. (you should find you need less P to get it to move up) Hi Andy, I will

Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread Dave Cole
On 3/25/2014 12:03 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Tuesday 25 March 2014 12:55:35 Mark Wendt did opine: On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Tuesday 25 March 2014 11:03:06 Mark Wendt did opine: On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Dave Cole

Re: [Emc-users] C2000 vfd + AC inductor motor + LinuxCNC

2014-03-25 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
2014-03-25 12:24 GMT-03:00 Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com: Is the drive train self locking, so that if you loose power, the load does not drop? Or do you have a brake on the motor or someplace else? The joint is moved by means of a lead screw of 50 mm of diameter and 8 mm of pitch. The

Re: [Emc-users] C2000 vfd + AC inductor motor + LinuxCNC

2014-03-25 Thread Dave Cole
That is a good price for a drive that can do that. Sounds like the motor will last a very long time if you run it as you describe. Dave On 3/25/2014 6:09 PM, Leonardo Marsaglia wrote: 2014-03-25 12:24 GMT-03:00 Dave Cole linuxcncro...@gmail.com: Is the drive train self locking, so that if

Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread Bertho Stultiens
On 03/26/2014 12:59 AM, Dave Cole wrote: No. To carry this to its logical conclusion, fix the phone to the table, locate the keys, then lay an 1/8 sheet of rubber over the phone which will have the side effect of keeping the swarf out of the keypad, stop the spindle and use the existing tool

Re: [Emc-users] C2000 vfd + AC inductor motor + LinuxCNC

2014-03-25 Thread Leonardo Marsaglia
Yes, I hope so! The motor was pulled out from an old beast hydro copying lathe from the brand George Fischer. The lathe had 3 hydraulic pumps driven each one by a 5 hp electric motor. Since the positioning system of the heater was running 3 motors (one AC motor for the rapid feed to home

Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread Dave Cole
On 3/25/2014 7:20 PM, Bertho Stultiens wrote: On 03/26/2014 12:59 AM, Dave Cole wrote: No. To carry this to its logical conclusion, fix the phone to the table, locate the keys, then lay an 1/8 sheet of rubber over the phone which will have the side effect of keeping the swarf out of the

Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 25 March 2014 21:07:55 Dave Cole did opine: On 3/25/2014 12:03 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Tuesday 25 March 2014 12:55:35 Mark Wendt did opine: On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Gene Heskett ghesk...@wdtv.com wrote: On Tuesday 25 March 2014 11:03:06 Mark Wendt did opine: On

Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread Jon Elson
On 03/25/2014 12:03 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: Ahh shaddup. My last cell phone was the economy ATT that I had signed up for a 29$ month 200 minute account that I never used more than 10% of unless I was up in Iron Mountain MI. Had a keypad. Did phone voicemail. But the monthly kept going up

Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On 3/25/2014 9:08 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: No. To carry this to its logical conclusion, fix the phone to the table, locate the keys, then lay an 1/8 sheet of rubber over the phone which will have the side effect of keeping the swarf out of the keypad, stop the spindle and use the existing

Re: [Emc-users] Toolchanges

2014-03-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 26 March 2014 01:27:16 Gregg Eshelman did opine: On 3/25/2014 9:08 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: No. To carry this to its logical conclusion, fix the phone to the table, locate the keys, then lay an 1/8 sheet of rubber over the phone which will have the side effect of keeping the