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General Mach Discussion / Re: General Q's about Mach3 and AD sureservo drives and smooth stepper
« on: May 07, 2008, 11:18:13 PM »
Scott,
Wasn't thinking of the pendant and the override pot, but it makes perfect sense. Have you used a particular MPG unit that works well with Mach3? I have seen a few out there but looking for one that is recommended or easy to work with in terms of connecting and setup. Do you or does anyone else know if the Mach3 software has any built in programming for machines with vertical drill blocks, both in the X and the Y axes? The vertical drill blocks are usually on 32mm centers and usually include at least 2 or 3 drills in each axis. If you don't already know, the drill blocks are used primarily for line boring, and depending on the programming the controller interprets the Gcode and activates as many of the drills as possible to drill multiple holes on 32mm centers, or through a post processor the GCode produced in a manner that calls multiple vertical drills to activate for a drill cycle. Each vertical drill is usually considered a "tool" in the controller.
Okay, I too agree the 1kw motors will be on the small size for a heavy gantry. I will consider larger drives and servos, or will cut down on feed rate to compensate.
Im just trying to conceptualize everything first, before I take the plunge.
Jeremy
p.s. Are you proficient with directsoft and AD PLC's?
Wasn't thinking of the pendant and the override pot, but it makes perfect sense. Have you used a particular MPG unit that works well with Mach3? I have seen a few out there but looking for one that is recommended or easy to work with in terms of connecting and setup. Do you or does anyone else know if the Mach3 software has any built in programming for machines with vertical drill blocks, both in the X and the Y axes? The vertical drill blocks are usually on 32mm centers and usually include at least 2 or 3 drills in each axis. If you don't already know, the drill blocks are used primarily for line boring, and depending on the programming the controller interprets the Gcode and activates as many of the drills as possible to drill multiple holes on 32mm centers, or through a post processor the GCode produced in a manner that calls multiple vertical drills to activate for a drill cycle. Each vertical drill is usually considered a "tool" in the controller.
Okay, I too agree the 1kw motors will be on the small size for a heavy gantry. I will consider larger drives and servos, or will cut down on feed rate to compensate.
Im just trying to conceptualize everything first, before I take the plunge.
Jeremy
p.s. Are you proficient with directsoft and AD PLC's?