Re: [Emc-users] R: A lot of input/output. Cheap

2015-09-22 Thread Dave Cole
The controls on some of those smaller injection moulders was pretty sophisticated even back in the day. The shot control was the critical thing, assuming it has a proportional hydraulic control valve on the ram. It was and still is very common to run a pressure vs position curve on the ram as

Re: [Emc-users] R: A lot of input/output. Cheap

2015-09-22 Thread John Thornton
I'd say the smallest touch panel you could get would be twice the price of a good PC... On 9/22/2015 12:25 PM, Karlsson & Wang wrote: >> Hi Sven. >> It is a small machine but in any case I suggest to you to use a plc in stead >> on LCNC. >> I mean it is possibile to do it even with LCNC but will

Re: [Emc-users] R: A lot of input/output. Cheap

2015-09-22 Thread John Thornton
ClassicLadder is just as good as a PLC for this kind of machine... On 9/22/2015 12:08 PM, Alex Chiosso wrote: > Hi Sven. > It is a small machine but in any case I suggest to you to use a plc in stead > on LCNC. > I mean it is possibile to do it even with LCNC but will be much difficult. > I did m

Re: [Emc-users] R: A lot of input/output. Cheap

2015-09-22 Thread Karlsson & Wang
> Hi Sven. > It is a small machine but in any case I suggest to you to use a plc in stead > on LCNC. > I mean it is possibile to do it even with LCNC but will be much difficult. > I did many injection molding machine retrofit (the electric and Electronic > and software part) and a plc+hmi is the