On 4 Jan 2008 at 19:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kirk, I don't know about the Miller but the Hypertherm is used a lot for cnc plasma cutters. The Hypertherm Powermax1250 has 3 I/O built in. Start Arc, Arc Stable and Arc Voltage. Start Arc is and input from your controller. Arc Stable is an output from the plasma torch. Arc Stable is a 0-300vdc signal. The Start Arc and Arc Stable are at the machine interface connection. The Arc Voltage is on the power board. The Hypertherm manual shows all the connections for hooking up to your controller.
As far as the puma IMHO that is much more capability than aplasma cutter needs. The plasma cutter only needs a couple of inches of Z... Unless you did a puma style on its side now that would be something for plasma. John > I looked at the Miller plasma cutters to get a general idea of how > plasma cutters are configured. Some questions came to mind. Are > generic manual cutters normally used for DIY CNC rigs or are special > units needed? The literature for generic units only showed the front > panel, which only had an adjustment for gas pressure and a pressure > gauge. Is there typically any I/O on the rear panel? What I/O is > typically used with EMC? What kind of starting is needed? Would a puma > style joint system be appropriate? Just curious. > > -- > Kirk Wallace (California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
