Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: need information

ballendo wrote:

>Hello Thom,
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>I don't think so. Here's more of the reply:
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>>5 wire motors require a rather special version of drive.
>>
>>But, there are also 3 and 5 phase motors, that all require their own
>>type of drive, that is totally incompatible with the more common
>>2-phase motors.
>>Jon
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>Since he mentioned 5 phase separately, I thought it might be useful
>to let folks know that 5 wire motors are just unipolar 6 wire motors
>with the commons connected...
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>

Gotta watch out, though. SOME 5-wire motors are actually 5-phase.
Generally
only Oriental motor (Vexta brand) and Berger-Lahr make 5-phase motors,
although I just saw somebody else is making them, now. So, a 5-wire motor
from other makers is probably just a unipolar 2-phase motor.

Jon