Re: Stepper motor ratings

Hello,

Your last line gets it right.

Stepper motors have come a LONG way in the last few years.

Ballendo


In CCED, "zs6bxi" <bobt@...> wrote:

>I have just aquired an (apparently old) SLO-SYN stepper motor <s> its
>the size of a type 34 ,135 mm long with 144 spr, 6wire 5 volts 4
>amps. The problem is that the rating plate says 120 oz in.
>The question is ......is this just a rating at a higher speed, or a
>more conservative than modern ratings, since a current motor of this
>size and current rating would have at least twice the torque rating.
>Or is it just that the modern stepper motors have more output because
>of better magnet systems ?