Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: stepper vs servo

ddgman2001 wrote:

>How much added complexity and tinkering is there to converting a
>stepper system over to a servo system?
>
>Is it a weekend project or could we be looking at significant down
>time setting up and de-bugging?
>
>

It depends. Note that any servo system needs at least an encoder, some
need a
tach, too. Of course, some motors come with integral encoder, so if you
use that,
it is not so different, mechanically.

If you use a Gecko servo drive, it is pretty simple, outside the
motor/encoder and drive,
it looks exactly like a stepper system. there are a few adjustments in
the drive that
you don't have in a stepper system, but the adjustment of them is pretty
straightforward.

If you want to go with a full servo with feedback to the computer, that
is more
complicated, in that there boards or modules to plug in or hook up to the
computer.

Jon