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Exotic NSK Linear Motors - what to do with them?..
Hey folks - long time lurker on the forum and need some advice.
I’ve some exotic linear motors and a pile of heavy duty extruded aluminium. What to do with them!?
I was going to build a new machine but life gets in the way so time for a clear out. Seems too good to weigh in at the scrappy though.
It was a very high end sampling machine in it’s day. Cost about £500,000 10 years ago.
The linear motors are things of beauty - but they’re a bit beyond me. One is rail is 1500mm other is 1200mm.
The controllers have some literature available but way over my head!
I’ve been tripping over them for 2 years now so need to do something about it.
So what to do - try and get it all working**, weigh it all in, or split for sale?
Anyone have experience with linear motors?
** even if I could figure it out I’ve no idea of torque values or anything else about the motors. It will be super accurate when up and running though - and I bet it crazy fast and fun to play with :o)
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Re: Exotic NSK Linear Motors - what to do with them?..
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monstermunch762
Hey folks - long time lurker on the forum and need some advice.
I’ve some exotic linear motors and a pile of heavy duty extruded aluminium. What to do with them!?
I was going to build a new machine but life gets in the way so time for a clear out. Seems too good to weigh in at the scrappy though.
It was a very high end sampling machine in it’s day. Cost about £500,000 10 years ago.
The linear motors are things of beauty - but they’re a bit beyond me. One is rail is 1500mm other is 1200mm.
The controllers have some literature available but way over my head!
I’ve been tripping over them for 2 years now so need to do something about it.
So what to do - try and get it all working**, weigh it all in, or split for sale?
Anyone have experience with linear motors?
** even if I could figure it out I’ve no idea of torque values or anything else about the motors. It will be super accurate when up and running though - and I bet it crazy fast and fun to play with :o)
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You need the datasheet to make it work
https://www.nskamericas.com/en/produ...nocarrier.html
I don't see it, I can't see the drive on the ones you pictured
RS232 is a serial port to talk to a PC, probably so you can program the driver
The IO looks like a parallel port
Sensor is probably for closed loop
But without the datasheet you cannot do a lot with it
You should contact NSK
They will send you the datasheets
Re: Exotic NSK Linear Motors - what to do with them?..
Sorry for the late reply.
The first 3 pictures are the drivers. The linear drives themselves are part of the "Megathrust" series and use the "Megatorque" drivers.
I've reached out to NSK before and got no where...
https://promshop.info/cataloguespdf/...rustpmandy.pdf
That may be because I don't really know what I'm looking at. I'm fine with GRBL and arduino based CNCs but that' the limit of my experience.
I was hoping for a simple STEP/DIR setup :glee:
