Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: need information

ballendo wrote:

>>In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO, Jon Elson <elson@p...> wrote:
>>5 wire motors require a rather special version of drive.
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>Huh?
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>5 wire motors run happily on unipolar drives. They're just a six wire
>motor with the center taps tied together.
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That depends on whose unipolar drive. Yes, some of the unipolar chopping
type drives handle this fine. The older R/L drives needed separate
resistors for each phase. Any drive where the center taps of six wire
motors are connected to the same terminal would handle the 5-wire
motor as well.

Jon