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Servo question

Servo question

Servo question

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I have a customer that wants to convert his machine from hydraulic to electric servo motors, they are making mechanical changes to the design, but they have not completed this.  Does anyone know what info he will need to get to a budgetary # for the cost to do this?  anyone know of a form we could provide him?  Thanks,  

RE: Servo question

wow, this is like asking how much a car costs
 

RE: Servo question

What color is the machine and how much does it weigh?

Bill
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Jimmy Carter

RE: Servo question

Hey - that's not fair. The guy is asking what information is needed. Not what the thing will cost.

One can usually arrive at a ballpark number if one puts down the number of controlled movements, the force and speed of each movement, the accuracy needed and also what kind of control is needed. If there is already a controller for the hydraulic system, it can *perhaps* be used to control the electrical movements (if standard signals like bipolar voltage, RS 485, Profibus etc are used already).

The number of options gets large very soon and it is better to let a company that specializes in this kind of job do it.

Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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