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An interesting and related article: http://www.leadshine.com/Pdf/Calculation.pdf
Because of friction it takes a certain force to keep a build-plate or gantry-plate moving Does anyone know how much force, approximately, is...
Hi all. Like I say, I'm a noobie and know little. :) Okay, so it's very regular thing to set/tune the acceleration, the velocity and...
I wonder if anyone has experience of the stopping and can comment. If you have a 1.8 degree stepper motor and a 2cm diameter pulley on the drive...
Accurate: As long as there is little inertia in the system? As long as speeds are moderate?
I've had in my mind using a dc motor. For some reason. Anyway, let's imagine I use a stepper motor. What happens at the end-stop? Lets say it...
Hi. I've been posting somewhere else also, on a PLC site actually, because I was thinking I needed to use a PLC. I there posted a ladder logic...
Actually, what I need to do is learn how to program and wire a Programmable Logic Controller. That knowledge along with what is being offered...
I wonder how easy it is to get the top-plate to stop at an end-stop and be within say 0.5mm of the end stop repeatedly. I might have to...
Hi. I'm a newbie to all this, so I'm still looking what the options are. I've been looking at the video "OpenBeam Linear Actuator using OpenRail...
Hi. I'm not much of an engineer, but I need a linear actuator (rail) for something. I found OpenBuilds through searching for linear actuator. It...