Re: Tuned damper for stepper motor

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Steve Blackmore <steve@...> wrote:

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> On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:23:06 EST, you wrote:
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> >In a message dated 2/11/2006 2:37:46 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> >alexkcpr@... writes:
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> >Does anyone know where I can buy a Tuned damper?
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> Might sound stupid BUT
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> What's a tuned damper, and why would you need one?
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> I'm no virgin with CNC, but this one does not compute ;)
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> Steve Blackmore
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Basically, Steve it is a flywheel on the rear shaft of a stepper.
Long ago in a galaxy far away before microstepping drives there were
resonance problems and the dampers act as energy storage and tend to
make the motor go more "hummmmm" instead of "click, click, erk, click"