Centroid CNC4E and MAE motor questions
Posted by
ebiz_59
on 2013-01-22 22:09:26 UTC
We have BridgePort Interact II, w/ Centronics CNC4E-B24-MD3-80V sn 1296 upgrade circa 1992. The unit was sold to us with some undiagnosed problem with the "X" axis. Motors are MAE HY200 4270 710 B8 (4 fasi (phase), 10 Amp/phase, 0.28 ohms
("hybrid") wired bipolar parallel and per Dan Mauch directions, the motor has 0.3 ohms where appropriate, so I'm thinking I might have bad news in controller. I see the 4 wires out of the controller for each axis (and a board for each axis), but there are additional cables (one for each axis) that come out of one board on the controller and result in an additional 10 pin connector at the motor with an additional 6 or 8 wires much smaller gauge than the 4 phase driving cables...(Two cables to each motor)
So some questions...
I'm tossing together an arduino controller to further test motor...but limited to about 30 volts. Will that 30 V be able to at least move the 3 axis's, so I can further test motors?
And what are the extra wires to the motors for? Encoders? All three axis's go into db 9 connectors on a single board in the controller. Is this what makes these "hybrid" motors?
Is there some value to this CNC4E controller? Cuz it is running 80 volts, on motors that are good to 140 volts and that 80 V is what Geckos 201s can operate at.
Thanks, Chuck.
So some questions...
I'm tossing together an arduino controller to further test motor...but limited to about 30 volts. Will that 30 V be able to at least move the 3 axis's, so I can further test motors?
And what are the extra wires to the motors for? Encoders? All three axis's go into db 9 connectors on a single board in the controller. Is this what makes these "hybrid" motors?
Is there some value to this CNC4E controller? Cuz it is running 80 volts, on motors that are good to 140 volts and that 80 V is what Geckos 201s can operate at.
Thanks, Chuck.