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Proximity switch / Limit switch help needed
I am using Mach3 and I have updated the X axis to a dual acme setup. I have X and A setup as a SLAVE and all is good so far. To keep the Gantry square, (I think) I need to add a limit switch to each side. Once setup I will HOME the axis to be sure it is square. I am not sure what is best to use as I cut all types of material. But, I think I need more than simple snap switches because of the sometimes dusty cutting conditions. I am using a 4 axis HobbyCNC driver board.? Any advice on this subject would be great. Thanks, Troy |
Any good direct-acting industrial switch will be good enough for hobby use.
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Ie a switch with a atraight plunger. Accuracies should be around 0.01 mm range. I dont like lever switches, because -they trap dirt and swarf and get full of stuff, break and can get shorts -they are inaccurate due to lever arm bending (so they dont repeat well) I dont like microswitches (the small cheap less than matchbox sized) for the same reasons are lever switches. Optical limits switches are the most accurate, ime. Using a hw board, i measured 1-3 microns repeability with the first tests. Sw filtering could get this down to <=2 microns. Run cables that are armoured, or in protected spaces, or inside a plastic cover. Use normally closed switches. Optionally: 24V dc will keep contacts cleaner and is the industry norm. It wont work directly with the board mentioned. I am not a fan of relays in limits (reliability), or home switches (reliability, accuracy). I think you only have few inputs, so need to link the switches to use as few inputs as possible. See the docs and board for samples. On 12/02/2015 18:52, testfly@... [mach1mach2cnc] wrote:
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-hanermo (cnc designs) |
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