Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Smart Motors

Fred,

I was THERE today! Saw the motors, Talked to Robert Bigler (CEO), and
might do some work for them. They are about 5 mi. from me (work).

Alan

Fred Smith wrote:

>
> I have not seen this mentioned on the list, but today I talked to
> these folks and it seemed that it might be of interest to some & that
> others might have already evaluated them & could shed some additional
> light.
>
> A company in California is manufacturing what they call a smart
> motor. It is a packaged servomotor, encoder, and control
> electronics. They claim about $500 per axis(and up) & are able to
> control up to 5 axes simultaneous contouring from a PC controller
> program through the Serial port, daisey chained to each motor and a
> DC power supply. The PC controller program is apparently included &
> understands G-code. I asked about cutter comp & was not satisfied
> that they do it now, but it sounds like they may have already worked
> out the algorithms & could implement it rather quickly if needed.
>
> http://www.animatics.com
>
> Anybody else looked at these? They claim 3 motors, a power supply
> and a PC are all that you need to build a CNC servo system. I heard
> the phrase "Position Time Pairs" used to describe the interface
> between the PC & the smart motors.
>
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