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General Mach Discussion / Re: Z Axis Air Assist

« on: December 24, 2016, 11:20:49 AM »

Thank you both for your input.  After closer inspection, it appears there is no activation of solenoids or anything needed from the control system. The top port on the cylinder is a vent, and the bottom port supplies the pressure for doing the lifting.  If I look at the schematic, it shows a check valve and a regulator between the air supply and the cylinder.  My question now is, is the cylinder feed a constant air supply for the lift, and when the z needs to drop, the air that is forced back through the line is vented because of the check valve?  So in other words, when the z needs to drop, the air pressure forced back through the line overcomes the air supply being feed from the regulator?

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General Mach Discussion / Z Axis Air Assist

« on: December 23, 2016, 03:44:56 PM »

Not sure if this is the right area to post this so sorry if not, my first post.  My router has a pneumatic cylinder on the z axis that assists / helps the servo lift the weight of the heavy spindle.  Does Mach 3 or 4 have any feature for linking the pneumatic assist to the z axis movement?  Will probably be purchaseing a CSMIO/IP-S for this retrofit.  Or would this just be tied to an output that is somehow triggered in GCode?  Thanks, Bryan