Stepper motors stall
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10 Jul 2021 18:32 #214204
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Hi,
I have smaller project of 3d axis machine and I got this board www.aliexpress.com/item/32854477353.html .
The problem is that four motors stall at about 300 - 400 rpm/min which is very much under what I was expecting.
I use mentioned board, mesa 7i96 and 24V 350W Meanwell power supply.
Do you think the problem could be in stepper driver board? Or what usually causes this issue? I am waiting for the other components right now, so I can compare.
Thanks
Jiri
I have smaller project of 3d axis machine and I got this board www.aliexpress.com/item/32854477353.html .
The problem is that four motors stall at about 300 - 400 rpm/min which is very much under what I was expecting.
I use mentioned board, mesa 7i96 and 24V 350W Meanwell power supply.
Do you think the problem could be in stepper driver board? Or what usually causes this issue? I am waiting for the other components right now, so I can compare.
Thanks
Jiri
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10 Jul 2021 18:46 #214205
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Replied by Aciera on topic Stepper motors stall
Have you adjusted the Motor Current on the driver board?
Have you reduced the acceleration and speed settings in the ini file?
Have you reduced the acceleration and speed settings in the ini file?
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10 Jul 2021 21:27 #214218
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Replied by tommylight on topic Stepper motors stall
As usual it says TB6600 but something else is used, strangely with only one line of pins while the usual TB6560 and TB6600 use two lines of pins. Not important.
So, did you set the current to a reasonable value, where reasonable would be up to 2.5A on the drive for 2A motors while checking the motor temperature after 5, 10 and 15 minutes of use >if you can keep your hand on them all is good >if they peel the skin off your fingers = to much current.
Either way you look at it, anything over 150 to 200 RPM is pretty much unusable for stepper motors at 24V.
Low induction motors help, but not easy to find. Using higher supply Voltage helps but not safe with those drives, i would not push it over 28V.
The important thing from all of this for you is:
-there is a small potentiometer on the power supply, usually green in color and accessible without opening the power supply near the terminals, use a small screwdriver to raise the voltage to 27 or 28V, that will give you some more speed and some more torque at lover speeds.
So, did you set the current to a reasonable value, where reasonable would be up to 2.5A on the drive for 2A motors while checking the motor temperature after 5, 10 and 15 minutes of use >if you can keep your hand on them all is good >if they peel the skin off your fingers = to much current.
Either way you look at it, anything over 150 to 200 RPM is pretty much unusable for stepper motors at 24V.
Low induction motors help, but not easy to find. Using higher supply Voltage helps but not safe with those drives, i would not push it over 28V.
The important thing from all of this for you is:
-there is a small potentiometer on the power supply, usually green in color and accessible without opening the power supply near the terminals, use a small screwdriver to raise the voltage to 27 or 28V, that will give you some more speed and some more torque at lover speeds.
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12 Jul 2021 06:29 #214362
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Thanks,
I knew about the current adjusting, but it did not help much, the stepper are not hot all.
I will try to setup the power supply better or change the drivers.
I knew about the current adjusting, but it did not help much, the stepper are not hot all.
I will try to setup the power supply better or change the drivers.
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13 Jul 2021 00:17 #214460
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Steppers are allowed to be really quite hot. Hot enough to burn you is, in many cases, still OK. tommylight wasn't joking about that.
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16 Jul 2021 07:19 #214996
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Replied by rodw on topic Stepper motors stall
My first stepper project was a total failure at around 20 volts. Adding a 48V power supply fixed it by adding so much more torque.
Looks like with your drivers you might be limited to 36 volts.
Looks like with your drivers you might be limited to 36 volts.
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