Jon Elson wrote: > Roger Swift wrote: >> I have a mill that has 160 volt 20 amp motors and a Mesa 7I43 board. Is >> anyone using EMC2 with the 7I43 and Hostmot2 with Jon Elison's or Mesa's >> 7I29 PWM servo amps? Are there any other reasonably priced (~$150 axis) PWM >> amps available that are working? >> > 160 V x 20 A is 3200 W or 4.3 Hp. Do you really NEED 4.3 Hp on your > axis motors? I think this is WAY overkill unless you are running > something quite a bit bigger that a Bridgeport Series-II machine.
He never said what he is running. It might well be a large machining center where 160V and 20A makes perfect sense. Besides, the 20A is probably a peak rating, not continuous. Likewise, 120ipm might be plenty on a Bridgeport sized machine, but will seem very slow if you have a 10 foot long table. Regards, John Kasunich ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
