Hello and Happy Holidays
One of our customers is upgrading a winding machine that has seen better days. The machine is currently equipped with 2 DC motors complete with old DC drives. One for the rewinder and the other for the Bridle feeder. My question is would you upgrade the DC drives to current technology (i.e. AB power flex DC Drives) or remove the DC drives and motors completely and go with Servo technology. Does DC drives give the user the ability to control speed torque as well as Servo?
The machine currently doesn't work and is going to be upgraded with new PLC and HMI.
Looking forward to everyone's thoughts.
One of our customers is upgrading a winding machine that has seen better days. The machine is currently equipped with 2 DC motors complete with old DC drives. One for the rewinder and the other for the Bridle feeder. My question is would you upgrade the DC drives to current technology (i.e. AB power flex DC Drives) or remove the DC drives and motors completely and go with Servo technology. Does DC drives give the user the ability to control speed torque as well as Servo?
The machine currently doesn't work and is going to be upgraded with new PLC and HMI.
Looking forward to everyone's thoughts.
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