waterbottle
Member
Hello Forum,
Looking for ideas of what can be the most practical implementation to a machine to add a feature of automated setup.
I explain....
<Machine will need to move a vertical screw to accomodate different size of bottles. the screw already has a motor that operates manually with a push button for up and down movement wired to a contactor> The setup does not need to be high speed opertion it will only need to be done during product changes
Current options Machine has AB CPU v17
Encoder over ethernet IP attach to current motor.... Expensive
VFD with encoder for position
Replace to servo and add kinetic drive
Add encoder to input card with gray code
I will really like to explore the powerflex with encoder for position since i will have to add vfd to slow down motor for accurate position.
If you guys want to share any ideas or any recommendations will be highly appreciated.
Looking for ideas of what can be the most practical implementation to a machine to add a feature of automated setup.
I explain....
<Machine will need to move a vertical screw to accomodate different size of bottles. the screw already has a motor that operates manually with a push button for up and down movement wired to a contactor> The setup does not need to be high speed opertion it will only need to be done during product changes
Current options Machine has AB CPU v17
Encoder over ethernet IP attach to current motor.... Expensive
VFD with encoder for position
Replace to servo and add kinetic drive
Add encoder to input card with gray code
I will really like to explore the powerflex with encoder for position since i will have to add vfd to slow down motor for accurate position.
If you guys want to share any ideas or any recommendations will be highly appreciated.