>> The goal of my question was to reduce the power consumption (save the planet >> !!), because I am not always in front of the machine (I know it is bad to do >> that !), I am not informed when the job is terminated and the motor are >> energized often for a long time.
For jobs like that I made a box with a switch which actuates a contactor. I put it onto a known location on the table and the last thing the system does is power down the spindle, switch off the dust collection, then dwell for a minute to be sure the spindle has run out, then jog to the switch and run slowly over it. -click- darkrness.... Entire CNC and subsystems are DOWN. Costs $50 to make and is the ultimate solution. In case I get a tool changing spindle, I'll epoxy a rubber finger to a half inch shaft to operate that switch ;). That would be a great conversation piece... -- _________________________________ Rainer M. Schmidt Complex Consulting LLC [email protected] Mob (646)-275-0296 VoIP (646)-233-1002 FAX (646)-435-9216 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
