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Hello List,
Here is a project that us woodworkers have probably thought about...
I have a client who is looking for vendors that have a servo amplifier or stepper motor driver system that accepts Autosketch CAD files. They want to build an industrial X-Y plotter for a cabinet shop router application. In my experience, their budget is somewhat light for this---$5000 (US).
They want to build a gantry style table and plan on using the plotter pen "up" and "down" feature to lower and raise the router into the material. They got the idea from watching an HP plotter operate and are looking for a powerful enough system to drive a 30 pound gantry carriage. Feed speed is around 60 to 120 inches per minute and want to use a table that is large enough for 4 x 8 ft sheets of 3/4" veneer plywood.
Has anyone developed/used any products that they can recommend?
I have searched my usual sources and they don't have anything in this price range that directly accepts the plotter file.
Kelly D. McFarland
Automation Specialist-PLC
Tulsa Technology Center
Business and Industry Training
918-828-5417, [email protected]
Here is a project that us woodworkers have probably thought about...
I have a client who is looking for vendors that have a servo amplifier or stepper motor driver system that accepts Autosketch CAD files. They want to build an industrial X-Y plotter for a cabinet shop router application. In my experience, their budget is somewhat light for this---$5000 (US).
They want to build a gantry style table and plan on using the plotter pen "up" and "down" feature to lower and raise the router into the material. They got the idea from watching an HP plotter operate and are looking for a powerful enough system to drive a 30 pound gantry carriage. Feed speed is around 60 to 120 inches per minute and want to use a table that is large enough for 4 x 8 ft sheets of 3/4" veneer plywood.
Has anyone developed/used any products that they can recommend?
I have searched my usual sources and they don't have anything in this price range that directly accepts the plotter file.
Kelly D. McFarland
Automation Specialist-PLC
Tulsa Technology Center
Business and Industry Training
918-828-5417, [email protected]