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Third party software and hardware support forums. => HiCON Motion Controller => Topic started by: alfaalfa on August 31, 2013, 03:31:01 PM
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Am I the early bird again as there seems to be not much discussion on HiCON board?
Maybe integration with HiCON has been so easy for other people too - there's not much to ask?
Anyhow I'll share a few words about this control upgrade case I made recently as it was the easiest case I've had thus the control was new to me. VitalSystems I've known for years and our first dspMC/IP has been running in production for several thousand of hours now.
In next to the case itself.
BR. Arto
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Here's the firs impression of the machine.
Made in Germany year 1983.
19" Rack taller than me full of electronics to control 3-axises. 3PH 400V supply 16A.
Frame surprisingly made totally out of cast iron and steel. HEAVY!
Moved with stepper motors - full step if I understood right.
Max. machining speed 600 mm/min. Positioning ca. 5000 mm/min.
Precise 700W spindle with water cooling 10-35 k rpm.
(http://kuvaton.com/k/YKPI.jpg)
Next task - stripping all electronics and most of the wiring and some cleaning.
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Woops.. I need to get the size set but where's the edit button..
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Modified control:
I took the easy way and kept the original 6A steppers after making short trials and finding out the machining speed can be at least 4 X higher with new microstepping RTA drivers. Other possibility was conversion to Yaskawa AC servo's.
In the old wire connection box lays now the whole new control.
HiCON Integra controller
4 x RTA 6A drivers (XYZ + R)
56 V 5A SM PSU for steppers
5 V PSU for logic
24 V PSU for IO
(http://www.albumini.fi/GroteFoto-G4POXNVD.jpg)
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OK. Bored with explanations and too large pictures...
You can skip to first raw video clip of how it works now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE_NNCMyABw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE_NNCMyABw)