Drop in replacement for steppers

Hi linuxcnc,

I would like to improve the resolution on an axis and I have no space left for gear box’s etc. Currently a nema 23 stepper is installed with 1.8 degree per step and gecko drive (10 microstep etc). Unfortunately a 0.9 degree stepper is not going to do it either. I’m wondering if I can simply drop in a clearpath and use as a stepper with no other mods? (I expect to mod cabling and software step output resolution but nothing major!) If it is just a simple swap my other concern is the torque of these motors at low speed…
Thoughts appreciated!
cheers
ant

Thanks Tommy, I just want to increase the resolution of one axis on a custom machine. There is no room to put a gearbox or bigger ratio of pulleys etc and going to a 0.9 degree stepper won’t increase it enough either. My thought was to go to the Clearpath servo as it says you can control with step/dir and they appear to go as high as 6400 steps per rev which is more than 3 times what I currently have. What I would like to know is can I simply replace my current stepper with this motor update the obvious and solve my resolution problem - hoping to hear if someone has done this (essentially used a servo as an expensive stepper)… I’m not trying to close the loop or anything.
Thanks
Ant

How much space do you have? A small planetary gear box doesn't require a lot of space, and is similar to installing a longer more powerful motor.
Here's one example.
www.ebay.com/itm/334249227147

You'll also need to add a 75V power supply. The Teknic website shows the torque/speed curves. I used them on my mill and are happy with them.