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General Mach Discussion / dispensing liquid with Mach 3
« on: March 25, 2010, 11:07:18 PM »
Hello,
I want to dispense liquid with Mach 3 . I have a peristaltic pump that is driven by a stepper motor (X ul per step) so the hardware does not look like a problem. Is there a way to use the spindle controls to run the pump? or could I use the A axis? The G code should be relatively simple. I need to be able to select the wells to add the liquid to and how deep the wells are. The wells will all be the same size and evenly spaced in a 10 by 12 format. Any ideas.
Thanks,
Todd
I want to dispense liquid with Mach 3 . I have a peristaltic pump that is driven by a stepper motor (X ul per step) so the hardware does not look like a problem. Is there a way to use the spindle controls to run the pump? or could I use the A axis? The G code should be relatively simple. I need to be able to select the wells to add the liquid to and how deep the wells are. The wells will all be the same size and evenly spaced in a 10 by 12 format. Any ideas.
Thanks,
Todd