A few pictures of a controller swap i just made on a Helios Zeus 3300 cnc machine with sanmotion servo drives.
The original control run a custom win 95 operating system and it was a pain to use.
The swap was not intrusive to the factory wiring because the customer wanted the option to revert back to the original control.
3 days start to finish for the swap and one week for the h/w prep.
Day 1 reverse engineering the machine.
Day 2 installation and operation
Day 3 wiring cleanup, screen enclosure mounting and operator training.
Helios Zeus 3300 machine control swap with sanmotion servo drives
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Re: Helios Zeus 3300 machine control swap with sanmotion servo drives
Thanks for posting. I assume this was an OAK conversion? Could you post a picture of the control cabinet?
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Mesa, AZ
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Mesa, AZ
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Re: Helios Zeus 3300 machine control swap with sanmotion servo drives
Surprisingly no, it was an acorn conversion.
When i looked at this job i thought oak, but the servos are like steppers configured in a position loop without the possibility of feedback from the drives and the i/o of the machine doesn't ask much.
I added an ether i/o board for the many outputs i need.
The only downside i can see so far is the 4096 dac on the acorn for the 0-10v output. If there is a way to add a better dac i will do it.
The pictures are before the conversion. When i go over i will take some new ones.
When i looked at this job i thought oak, but the servos are like steppers configured in a position loop without the possibility of feedback from the drives and the i/o of the machine doesn't ask much.
I added an ether i/o board for the many outputs i need.
The only downside i can see so far is the 4096 dac on the acorn for the 0-10v output. If there is a way to add a better dac i will do it.
The pictures are before the conversion. When i go over i will take some new ones.
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Re: Helios Zeus 3300 machine control swap with sanmotion servo drives
Nice! thanks for posting, how is the customer finding the Acorn controller?
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All Acorn Documentation is located here: viewtopic.php?f=60&t=3397
Answers to common questions: viewforum.php?f=63
and here viewforum.php?f=61
Gear we use but don't sell. https://www.centroidcnc.com/centroid_di ... _gear.html