Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] stepex chip

Hi Penn,

Rutex makes excellent quality servo motor drives using Step and
direction signals. I've been using their drives for about a year now
and are very happy with them. I think Rutex has a lot of experience
with plasma and oxy CNC cutting.

Stepex appears to be Rutex's proprietary multi axis motion control chip
that interfaces to a PC.

You might also check out the PIGINFO group on Yahoo. (PlasmaCAM
Information Group) There are a lot of very experienced plasmacam users
that share their experiences (and opinions) freely. This group can help
you with the CNC part of rolling your own.

Cheers, Peter



penn king wrote:

>Hi everyone, I'm new to the group and really impressed with the
>knowledge freely shared here.
>Question, does anyone know anything about Stepex hardware? I'm looking
>at a servo controller for a plasma cutter from a company in Australia
>called Rutex that has a driver for arc voltage height control that is
>$495.00 AUD. Also, what reading would you recommend to a newby wanting
>to construct a cnc plasma?
>
>Thanks to all,
>Penn King
>