On Thursday, January 05, 2012 03:36:36 PM Cathrine Hribar did opine: > Hi gene > > Wanted to ask where you found your steppers? > > I see that they pull 6 amps, what is the voltage and size? > > Thanks > > Bill
I bought all those from Jeff at Xylotex, 3 ea of the 262's he had originally, then bought a 4 axis kit with 425's when I needed to add a 4th axis. And 6 amps might be what the 425's need when wired parallel. They are 8 wire, in series & currently getting about 2.35 amps/phase. The 425 motor on the Z drivers ios the only 425 installed ATM, and could do more than that 2.37, but ISTR I had them set for 2.4 amps/phase when I cooked the 4 axis Xylotex board so as that seemed sufficient, I set the new MM-542's for about that same (2.37) amperage. The 262's are sometimes called a double stack as they are long, and the 425's are often called triple stack because they are even longer. I have to open my new drivers box up, as the A axis is running at 100% current full time, one of the dip switches must have gotten bumped, but when I do I may as well set them all up to 2.84 amps. They can go to 4.2 amps, but that may demag the rotors I'm told. But with 20 tpi XY screws, I doubt I'll gain any advantage in rapids. I am pretty well voltage (28) and rpms at that voltage limited. A 36 volt supply would help but those are generally make it yourself, with 3x more in parts than I have in the 28 volt switcher with 5 & 12 volt low current outputs in there now, about a dollar a volt from All Electronics. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> I WISH I HAD A KRYPTONITE CROSS, because then you could keep both Dracula and Superman away. -- Jack Handley, The New Mexican, 1988. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ridiculously easy VDI. With Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, you don't need a complex infrastructure or vast IT resources to deliver seamless, secure access to virtual desktops. With this all-in-one solution, easily deploy virtual desktops for less than the cost of PCs and save 60% on VDI infrastructure costs. Try it free! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Citrix-VDIinabox _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
