I have made more progress on the Clausing NC. My DC servo dives operate in Current Mode and are controlled by LinuxCNC using a cascaded Position and Velocity PI controllers. I have a Huanyang VFD 7.5 kw drive running the spindle but just manually controlled for now. I still need to add a spindle encoder. The next task that I need to complete in order to actually turn something is to get the tool changer running. The tool changer is a 4 position tool post. A solenoid controlled valve actuates a piston that raises the tool post. Once in the raised position a geneva drive and motor rotates the post in 1/8 turn increments by pulsing power to the motor. So 2 pulsed are needed to move the post one tool position. I have made it work manually with 2 switches, one to raise the tool post and the other to pulse the motor. Once the desired tool is in position the solenoid valve is closed and the tool post drops and locks into position. There are 4 indicator - or feedback switches to tell when the desired position is reached.
Here is the question. Should I - can I use the carousel hal component to make this work? Or is a better way? Once I make the first cut with this thing I will post a video somewhere. Then I can get to making the splines I need for the Honda XL 175 Kick Start Shaft. Thanks John Figie _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
