Thank you! This is exactly what I needed! Viesturs
otrd., 2023. g. 28. marts, plkst. 23:06 — lietotājs Todd Zuercher (<to...@pgrahamdunn.com>) rakstīja: > > My personal opinion, Fanuc drives and motors (while good hardware) can be > quite difficult to try to reuse outside of a Fanuc control system. The cost > and difficulty often exceeding what you would spend on buying more generic > hardware. (Especially if you sold the old Fanuc hardware to offset the cost > of the replacement.) > > It would be one matter if you were attempting this for your own personal > challenge. Quite another as paid work for someone else. If someone were > paying me to retrofit a machine I probably wouldn't even consider trying to > reuse the Fanuc stuff. > > Todd Zuercher > P. Graham Dunn Inc. > 630 Henry Street > Dalton, Ohio 44618 > Phone: (330)828-2105ext. 2031 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Viesturs Lācis <viesturs.la...@gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 3:30 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: [Emc-users] Reusing Fanuc servo drive? > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] Be sure links are safe. > > Hello! > > I am asked to retrofit some old 3 axis mill to LinuxCNC. It is not yet clear > if original servodrives are working or not, so the owner wants to reuse Fanuc > servodrives and motors they have removed from another machine. This is label > of the servodrive: > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpasteboard.co%2FLNVjuaBYC3Ox.jpg&data=05%7C01%7Ctoddz%40pgrahamdunn.com%7Cf388c380421348eb548408db2fc30f21%7C5758544c573f47cebee96c3e0806fb43%7C0%7C0%7C638156287067372405%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=dzJeiXT2W5hmtFIPAJvrij9mCVBPm4NHYlDYQzcFw0A%3D&reserved=0 > > I have zero experience with Fanuc, so I am hoping for collective wisdom to > understand - is this a good idea? > My main concern is PID tuning in the drive. Do I understand correctly that > even with the original motor and cabling but different load it will not be > stable and reliable? > Or should I look for bigger stepper motors in case original drives have > retired? > > Viesturs > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.sourceforge.net%2Flists%2Flistinfo%2Femc-users&data=05%7C01%7Ctoddz%40pgrahamdunn.com%7Cf388c380421348eb548408db2fc30f21%7C5758544c573f47cebee96c3e0806fb43%7C0%7C0%7C638156287067372405%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uykRj%2FO%2FeiMw1dW3RU0yG26B%2Fh38Efwcnaud%2F2jTbGc%3D&reserved=0 > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
