Hi. I have an application where I need 2 servo motors that are mechanically linked to run a gear box (motor A is connected to motor B via 2 independent shafts and an idler gear). This is a ControlLogix system using Kinetics 6k drives with a 1756-M16SE card in the rack. Also, the gear box has to run at a given velocity. It's not position dependent.
So I'm wondering what is the best way to do this. At first I was thinking to have motor A geared to motor B (both in velocity loop) and just limit the torque on motor A. Or possibly even gear both to a virtual axis. But now I think a Torque Following type of solution would be best. I know that Torque Following is possbile when using VFDs but I don't know how to do this with ControlLogix and Kinetics 6k.
Any helpful ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
So I'm wondering what is the best way to do this. At first I was thinking to have motor A geared to motor B (both in velocity loop) and just limit the torque on motor A. Or possibly even gear both to a virtual axis. But now I think a Torque Following type of solution would be best. I know that Torque Following is possbile when using VFDs but I don't know how to do this with ControlLogix and Kinetics 6k.
Any helpful ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
