Good morning,
I have not had much luck getting a direct response from my distributor on this question.
We have an existing chain conveyor system that operates at 1 - 5 meters per minute.
There is an additional chain conveyor being built as an add on and I would like to have it run at the same speed as the upstream conveyor.
We plan to install an incremental encoder on the shaft that drives the chains of the upstream conveyor for a speed reference input to the VFD running the second conveyor.
Would the speed of the second conveyor be accurate with an encoder as a speed reference only or would it need an additional encoder on it's own driven shaft for feedback?
Which of these two drives would be preferred for this application?
I know that either will need encoder interfaces added.
Thanks
I have not had much luck getting a direct response from my distributor on this question.
We have an existing chain conveyor system that operates at 1 - 5 meters per minute.
There is an additional chain conveyor being built as an add on and I would like to have it run at the same speed as the upstream conveyor.
We plan to install an incremental encoder on the shaft that drives the chains of the upstream conveyor for a speed reference input to the VFD running the second conveyor.
Would the speed of the second conveyor be accurate with an encoder as a speed reference only or would it need an additional encoder on it's own driven shaft for feedback?
Which of these two drives would be preferred for this application?
I know that either will need encoder interfaces added.
Thanks