[Emc-users] Threading without feedback?

2007-10-15 Thread Svenne Larsson
Guys, Out of curiosity, can an EMC lathe make threads without spindle feedback? On cnczone.com a guy posted pictures on a thread made with Mach without spindle feedback, only a VFD as speed controller. They looked truly good. I know there are problems with it (torque figures, exact positioning,

Re: [Emc-users] Threading without feedback?

2007-10-15 Thread Jon Elson
Svenne Larsson wrote: Guys, Out of curiosity, can an EMC lathe make threads without spindle feedback? On cnczone.com http://cnczone.com a guy posted pictures on a thread made with Mach without spindle feedback, only a VFD as speed controller. They looked truly good. I know there are

Re: [Emc-users] Threading without feedback?

2007-10-15 Thread Chris Radek
On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 05:24:01PM +0200, Svenne Larsson wrote: Guys, Out of curiosity, can an EMC lathe make threads without spindle feedback? On cnczone.com a guy posted pictures on a thread made with Mach without spindle feedback, only a VFD as speed controller. They looked truly good.

Re: [Emc-users] Threading without feedback?

2007-10-15 Thread Svenne Larsson
Na, that wasn't my purpose so please let Mach stay out of this. :) Thanks for the replies, I was interested in the theoretical manner. Regards, Sven 2007/10/15, Chris Radek [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 05:24:01PM +0200, Svenne Larsson wrote: Guys, Out of curiosity, can an

Re: [Emc-users] Threading without feedback?

2007-10-15 Thread Jeff Epler
emc's motion controller uses the following HAL pins during the G33 spindle synchronized move and G76 threading canned cycle: motion.spindle-revs motion.spindle-index-enable These must behave like the canonical encoder interface pins 'position' and 'index-enable', described here:

Re: [Emc-users] Threading without feedback?

2007-10-15 Thread John Prentice
Sven Not sure about what was posted as the link is rather generic. Mach3 uses an index sensor (slotted disc and opto) to get angular orientation and speed. Could not work with just a VFD as you need to know the angle to start each pass. But threads are pretty good with the simple opto gate or