I've never priced them... I get my Tolomatic and Panasonic from Fluid Power in St. Louis.
John Dave wrote: > Thanks John, > > I've never heard of Tolomatic so I will have to look them up. > > Have you ever priced any Yaskawa linear servo motors and drives? Are > they in the same price ranges as Parker? > > Dave > > On 6/17/2011 7:40 AM, John Thornton wrote: > >> I use Tolomatic on all my linear applications, excellent service, >> quality components and much more cost effective than Parker. For >> industrial applications I pair their slides with Panasonic servos and >> drives which is usually controlled with a PLC. >> >> John >> >> Dave wrote: >> >> >>> Has anyone found a source of less expensive linear servo motors? >>> >>> I have a client who really wants to use some linear servo motors to >>> retrofit some machines. He doesn't really "need" them but he has some >>> Parker linear servo motors that I installed a couple >>> of years ago and he really likes them but they can't afford to pay the >>> big bucks for more Parker linear drives. These are two axes machines >>> that look like lathes. >>> >>> The one long motor (Z axis) has about a 40 inch stroke and 50 lbs of >>> force. >>> The other short motor (X axis) has about 30 lbs of force. >>> >>> I believe that these two motors and drives were in the $12,000 range a >>> few years ago. >>> >>> The motors I used before were ironless, I believe they were specified >>> that way to eliminate cogging since this is a very low speed application. >>> >>> Thanks, Dave >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content >>> authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image >>> Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Emc-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content >> authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image >> Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content > authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image > Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
