Re: [Emc-users] Retrofitting scara robot

2014-09-10 Thread Peter C. Wallace
-users] Retrofitting scara robot 50% sounds high! manufacturers are NOT interested in old equipment running. what i got is scrounged off service techs and the web. hey, thx for the reality check if i tried to keep those encoders, i'd need spcl code to read them, plus they need

[Emc-users] Retrofitting scara robot

2014-09-09 Thread Marius Alksnys
Maybe someone knows what motors are in these robots? And how to find their documents? The last one has a line in description, saying AC servo motors with harmonic drives. If there are AC servo motors - what optimal price solution would you suggest in case when there is no old electronics?

Re: [Emc-users] Retrofitting scara robot

2014-09-09 Thread andy pugh
On 9 September 2014 20:50, Marius Alksnys marius.alks...@gmail.com wrote: Seiko Epson D-Train TT8550

Re: [Emc-users] Retrofitting scara robot

2014-09-09 Thread TJoseph Powderly
Marius get something with documents its not just the motor and driver that can bite you. i got a 6dof with Sanyo Denki planetary drives and the encoder output is proprietary 'panasonic A' never did get that decoded i have screenshots and devices to capture the data hm, hey! I got a cheap

Re: [Emc-users] Retrofitting scara robot

2014-09-09 Thread Marius Alksnys
On 2014.09.09 23:26, TJoseph Powderly wrote: Marius get something with documents its not just the motor and driver that can bite you. i got a 6dof with Sanyo Denki planetary drives and the encoder output is proprietary 'panasonic A' never did get that decoded And how hard it would be to

Re: [Emc-users] Retrofitting scara robot

2014-09-09 Thread Marius Alksnys
On 2014.09.09 23:26, TJoseph Powderly wrote: get something with documents its not just the motor and driver that can bite you. Do you think it would be very hard to get those documents? My luck in getting old (18 to 32 year old) machine documents from manufacturer is about 50%. Sometimes it

Re: [Emc-users] Retrofitting scara robot

2014-09-09 Thread TJoseph Powderly
50% sounds high! manufacturers are NOT interested in old equipment running. what i got is scrounged off service techs and the web. hey, thx for the reality check if i tried to keep those encoders, i'd need spcl code to read them, plus they need an initialization messaging on startup and home.