All,
I have a question about linear motion. I have a couple of pneumatic cylinders that I currently use to move objects of random size up against a hard stop. I would consider this "rough" motion. What I mean by that is I that the cylinder does not care how large the object is, the cylinder will push it against the hard stop and then stop(I don't have enough bore or pressure to break the object).
I have some experience with a electric actuator with pot feedback and have learned how to program this actuator to index certain distances.
My question is this: Is it possible to program a ball screw(or any electric actuator for the matter) so that it behaves like the pneumatic cylinder in my first paragraph? I understand I can have over-loads on the power supply but is there a device or way to program it so it does not "fault" out and is basically a part of the machine/system? I am just looking for a high level answer here with maybe a little bit of information to get me started in thinking about this. I would not mind tinkering with the above scenario, I could see some good real world examples to apply this if possible.
Thanks for the input,
Niese
I have a question about linear motion. I have a couple of pneumatic cylinders that I currently use to move objects of random size up against a hard stop. I would consider this "rough" motion. What I mean by that is I that the cylinder does not care how large the object is, the cylinder will push it against the hard stop and then stop(I don't have enough bore or pressure to break the object).
I have some experience with a electric actuator with pot feedback and have learned how to program this actuator to index certain distances.
My question is this: Is it possible to program a ball screw(or any electric actuator for the matter) so that it behaves like the pneumatic cylinder in my first paragraph? I understand I can have over-loads on the power supply but is there a device or way to program it so it does not "fault" out and is basically a part of the machine/system? I am just looking for a high level answer here with maybe a little bit of information to get me started in thinking about this. I would not mind tinkering with the above scenario, I could see some good real world examples to apply this if possible.
Thanks for the input,
Niese