Hey all,
I am at the startup of building a coil winding machine. I have been using Mach3 for my lathe for a few years now and have also explored using it for magnetic field map positioning device.
My new machine will wind circular solenoids as well as saddle coils, (coils made to saddle onto an angular portion large dia tube).
I would like some starting advice to steer me in the right direction as to how to set up the steppers.
For the saddle coils I would imagine that the spindle would be a 4th axis setup. (position angular, move Z axis along center to one end, then position angular for the end wind and move Z axis back, repeat).
For the solenoids, it seems I would set up the spindle as a standard positioning axis "(X)" not a angular one. That is, one rev = 0.100". Then calculate the speed and feed of the X and Z axis depending on wire DIA and number of turns/layer.
After I get this up and running I am going to revive my mach screen learning and build a wizard for it.
Am I on the right track? Any starting advice would be appreciated.
Thanks all!