Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Chopper frequency

Greg,

So I take it you are doing 4-axis wire EDM? and you use a pair of Z
axis motors to get the tapers? Sounds like interesting stuff. What do
you use to design the airfoils?

Alan

Greg Nuspel wrote:

>
> I have set the frequency at 32KHz since this is one of the outputs I have
> from the 4040 chip where my clock is hooked up to. The chips gets warm to
> the touch when there is a long no movement time. For heatsinks I have all
> the chips tied to an aluminum plate with a Pentium II heatsink and fan
> mounted on it. The software automatically disables the chips when the
> airfoil is finished cutting, since there is no tool pressure with a hot wire
> cutting machine. Only with large tapers is there any considerable time where
> an axises does not move. I may cut the chopper frequency down to 16Khz to
> save some heating of the chips. This will be slightly audible but I'm
> getting older so not for long.
>
> -- Greg Nuspel
>
> "It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
> - Walt Disney (1901-1966)
>