Tru Cut A80 Thermal Dynamics Will It Work?

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Tru Cut A80 Thermal Dynamics Will It Work?

Post by Calvert »

I have a Tru Cut series one table. They are out of business with very limited information on these.
I want to run the acorn system and get rid of the Mach 3 setup.
I have gecko drives for the motors and a Thermal Dynamics A80 plasma.
I’m open to any advice or suggestions.
Thanks
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Re: Tru Cut A80 Thermal Dynamics Will It Work?

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welcome to the forum. Can you post some pictures of the table? Specifically the Z axis and both sides of the Gantry. Really want to see the drive type on the gantry .

Any model numbers or information on the motors and drives?

The Thermal Dynamics A80 will certainly work for normal cutting operations. As far as the THC being compatable, I Haven't known anyone to hook the THC to a Thermal Dynamics cutter yet. Thermal Dynamics and Esab seem to be higher end systems and I'm assuming there divided voltage output is clean.
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Re: Tru Cut A80 Thermal Dynamics Will It Work?

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I’m having trouble putting pictures on here.
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Re: Tru Cut A80 Thermal Dynamics Will It Work?

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Starting a Google photo album is usually the best way to share images.
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Re: Tru Cut A80 Thermal Dynamics Will It Work?

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I’ve tried a couple of different ways and can’t get it to work.
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Re: Tru Cut A80 Thermal Dynamics Will It Work?

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Start an album here and share the album and post a link to it for us to see it.

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Re: Tru Cut A80 Thermal Dynamics Will It Work?

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Re: Tru Cut A80 Thermal Dynamics Will It Work?

Post by cnckeith »

answer: maybe. Thermal Dynamics are good units. If you are careful in measuring the analog output of the TD unit to verify that it is outputting clean 0-10 vdc torch voltage with no grounding issue / voltage leaks before connecting to the TX board it might work.
Need support? READ THIS POST first. http://centroidcncforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=1043
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
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Re: Tru Cut A80 Thermal Dynamics Will It Work?

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Re: Tru Cut A80 Thermal Dynamics Will It Work?

Post by Calvert »

Should I upgrade my Gecko drives to the Gecko Raptor drives when I install the Acorn?
My drives are from 2012 I'm assuming the newer drives have improvements.
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