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re: effect of higher nameplate voltage on stepper

Posted by ballendo@y...
on 2000-10-12 00:39:31 UTC
cnc4me,

Check out the "white papers" on the www.geckodrives.com site.

Also search for Mariss Freimaniss recent posts. He spoke to just this
point in one of these two places.

My take (which may be wrong) is that the low volt,hi amp motors are
lower inductance and will have a "flatter torque curve with a modern
bipolar chopper drive. And thus work more reliably at higher speeds.


Hope this helps.
Ballendo

>It seems the current on these higher voltage steppers is usally
>lower than i would expect for a motor that size.
>Does anyone know what type of performance these motors have in
>comparison to the lower voltage higher current motors....assuming
>running them both with a good bipolar chopper drive.

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ballendo@y... 2000-10-12 00:39:31 UTC re: effect of higher nameplate voltage on stepper