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I'm not an expert on this but you have a 40:1 reduction from the motor to the rack pinion, correct? So, the speed is divided by 40 and the torque is multiplied by 40. On the gantry itself, you have two motors each rated at 2.39 Nm. That implies there is about 160 Nm continuous on tap before the ...

Thanks for your reply centroid467

I don't think the gas torch needs to be position controlled as such but rather have some speed control. As it is, the speed is too fast when the motor is just powered with 24VDC via a relay, as in ON/OFF. Probably the easiest way to solve the problem is to use a ...

This is an existing plasma cutting machine that is a few years old but never ran. When the control was initially powered on a message appeared informing the operator that a control software update was available. After some hesitation, the update was applied and that was the end of the control. The ...