Is it worth it to buy larger stepper drivers?
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Or in short: Move on!
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OK, try to get the DM860 then, preferably the 220V or 110V versions, depending on your mains voltage so you do not need a power supply for them.I have one DM556 driver that is capable of 4A RMS maximum.
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Although i think after DM556, the DM860 is the most counterfeit drive, ever.
But hey, the price is very good, to bad i can not buy them as i would get at least 20 right now. I have to pay the same price for the so called TB6600 and still be happy about it!
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Just because a stepper motor is rated to 4.6 amps does not mean it will use all of that in your application.
For example, yesterday I did a motor design for gantry. The motors are rated to 2.0 amps but the calculations say it will use 1.3 amp peak and 1.0 amps RMS. So if I set the drive to use 1.5 amps instead of 2.0 amps, it would make no difference to performance.
The calcs say I need at least 48 volts to meet my design parameters
So here is a humble stepper able to run at 60 m/min rapids and 5 m/s/s accelleration on a basic 48 volt power supply. Initially, I thought I might need servos but I have a bunch of these Sanyo Denkis on hand.
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I have one DM556 driver that is capable of 4A RMS maximum.
That is all.
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Yes, that is all the drive can do but does the motor actually need 4.6 amps to run his machine? My guess probably not.
I have one DM556 driver that is capable of 4A RMS maximum.
That is all.
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