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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Precimill M4

« on: November 19, 2012, 06:14:01 AM »

I would have to talk to my boss, but if the price is right, everything is possible...

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Precimill M4

« on: November 19, 2012, 06:05:19 AM »

one limit switch is not working but otherwise it is in working condition...

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Precimill M4

« on: November 19, 2012, 05:54:33 AM »

I'm still in the planning phase, I have a lot of other issues to solve before I can start rebuilding the machine.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Precimill M4

« on: December 18, 2011, 12:13:41 PM »

Hi adro.22,

I am currently busy with other stuff. I plan to start on converting it in a couple of months.

Rauno

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Precimill M4

« on: October 26, 2011, 07:44:40 AM »

I think I will go with the G320X drives from Gecko.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Precimill M4

« on: October 26, 2011, 05:16:31 AM »

Thanks, Hood!

I will look into those drives.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Precimill M4

« on: October 26, 2011, 03:18:58 AM »

On the schematic, it says 56VDC, actual is 57,6VDC.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Precimill M4

« on: October 25, 2011, 02:43:08 AM »

If the GCODE is written in roman number, you know it is old   

I haven't actually seen any GCODE on that system, I wouldn't be surprised if it uses something else to drive it.

Quick look and it would seem your machine uses DC servos and analogue amplifiers (drives) so its not just a case of hooking up Mach. Easiest and cheapest rout would likely be to get new drives that accept Step/Dir input. Which drives would be suitable will depend on the current and voltage of these motors.
Hood

The machine uses drives from ELMO, SSA-8/100 to be exact. Only info, I managed to dig up was that it's current limit is 8A and DC supply is 20-100VDC.
Can someone help me find a good replacement drive using this data?
If it helps, here is a link for the manual http://www.elmomc.com/support/manuals/MAN_SSA_UG_EN_0698.pdf

To find any info about the servos, I need to take apart my machine. That is something I would rather not do at this point.


Rauno

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Precimill M4

« on: October 21, 2011, 05:02:45 AM »

I was afraid of something like that coming up in the process. I have some thinking to do now.

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General Mach Discussion / Re: Mach3 and Precimill M4

« on: October 21, 2011, 02:05:16 AM »

Can anyone help me configure Mach3?