Beckhoff Servo and Driver Suitability

Hello,

I am hoping to get some guidance around some hardware suitability for a conversion I am now ready to move forward with.

The machine is a Series 1 Vari-Speed 2 HP Bridgeport.

It was in decent shape when I purchased but have since rebuilt the head and a repaired/replaced a number of common problem areas.

Hiwin Ballscrews on X and Y

I can purchase the below Beckhoff Servos and Drivers and wanted to assess suitability for my project.

2 x Beckhoff AX5203 Servo Drive (both have dual axis output)

3 x Beckhoff AM3023 Servo Motor (X,Y,Z)

Assuming my adapters and other hardware is correct - I wanted to see if there was any issues someone with more skills than I could see in using the Ethercat Beckhoff gear.

I don’t particularly want to use the Ali-Baba spec Chinese servo gear but also don’t want to put myself in a position where propriety gear or similar locks me out of using LinuxCNC.

I also have the Beckhoff C5102 Industrial PC which was the PLC on the rig this hardware came off but I believe it runs TwinCat which is no use to me in this scenario if I am correct.


Any beneficial guidance will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Callum