Re: How's this for Power.......

Oops. I mis-read the spreadsheet. The 142 in/sec is for
acceleration speed. The linear speed is 14.2 in/sec which gives me
the 30" of travel in 2.2 seconds. This still sounds pretty fast to
me, no? cheers.
Mark

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Raymond Heckert <jnr@a...> wrote:
> At 142 in/sec, 2.2 seconds should put you at 300 inches. It'd take
0.22 seconds for the 30 inch travel. Or am I missing something?
>
> RatHex
>
> natchamp_87 wrote:
>
> > According to Aerotech's motor calc spreadsheet I will have the
> > following speed for travel: 142 in/sec. I know this is overkill
and
> > I certainly won't start out at anything close to it, but it is
kinda
> > cool to see the power of these motors. So, it will take 2.2
seconds
> > for 30" of travel. With this speed the motors are at 31% duty
cycle.