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Durapulse VFD and ATC

Post by Marik »

We have here All in One DC on a mill and Durapulse GS3 VFD and will also install an encoder on the spindle. We would like to add to the mill ATC. How the spindle positioning would work?

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Re: Durapulse VFD and ATC

Post by cnckeith »

hello. atc spindle tool change orientation is typically done with an add on board to the inverter that connects to the spindle encoder
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Re: Durapulse VFD and ATC

Post by cncsnw »

The Durapulse/GS3 drives are not capable of closed-loop position control.

There is an encoder feedback option card (GS3-FB) available, but its only function is improved speed control.

If your tool changer requires oriented spindle stop, then you need one of:
1) A mechanical shot-pin-and-slot system
2) A vector drive such as Yaskawa A1000, Delta C2000, Mitsubishi A800, or Hitachi SJ700, with matching encoder feedback add-in card
3) Possibly, a combination of encoder feedback to the GS3, combined with fast-stage logic in the Centroid PLC that runs a PID loop for position control.

The third option takes a lot of work, and may never work very well, if the drive is not responsive enough. I have done it before with high-performance vector drives (Yaskawa 626-series) that happened to lack orient capability.
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