Another motor question ...or 2.
I have several of these Electric Cylinders and a controller to match, but have no docs. and none are available from the mfgr. Too old they say.
The motors were supplied by the customer...no idea who.
I powered the controller and read A+ to A- = 126VDC
B+ to B- = 37 VDC May or may not help.
The motor has 5 wires, 1 being ground.
There is no encoder and no brushes.
It is a PM motor, I can feel it "cogging" when turned by hand.
The mfgr. said that they offered an "N*" unit with a choice of a regular dc motor with limit switches, DC servo, or a stepper.
The "X" in the part # on these, indicates that the motors were supplied by the customer.
I assume that they must be steppers because there is no encoder, and I think a DC motor needs brushes....none here.
So ...if it is a stepper, (which I hope) how can I determine what voltage/amp/driver to use to get the max out of it, or near to it without smoking something ? They look to be real nice axis motors for small machine that I'm planning.
Thanks already,
RC
The controller is of no use to me, the software isn't available to program it....so they say. I want to run them with Mach!