On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 01:15:41 +0200, you wrote:
>Anyhow, I've searched the Internet after different stepper formulas and >ended with the rough estimation at the Gecko site for choosing steppers. I >made a sheet out of it and played around for fun. If these figures are >somewhat correct, I can go with much smaller steppers than I thought. >It's here for anyone who wants to try it: >http://bit.ly/16DrFdP >The default values are there only to check that the calculations are >correct compared to Mariss' formula found here: >http://bit.ly/15SU15g >If I've done the sheet correct? Heck I do' no'. But if I have a go with >3m/min, 5 mm pitch, 0.25 reduction and 2.5 Nm i end up with pretty small >figures and a decent tolerance. Hi Sven - have a read of this http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/projects/X3-CNC/X3_Article_Part_1.pdf An article by Dick Stephen about converting an SX3 mill, but this section gives a good explanation of the math required to work out what size steppers are required. Mariss formula lacks some detail ;) Steve Blackmore -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
