Timeline for Need oscillating servo/stepper motor guidance
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| Apr 8, 2011 at 20:56 | answer | added | davidcary | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 7, 2011 at 7:27 | vote | accept | Daerk | ||
| Apr 7, 2011 at 7:27 | history | edited | Daerk | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Apr 7, 2011 at 4:51 | history | edited | Daerk | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Apr 7, 2011 at 4:39 | history | edited | Daerk | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Apr 7, 2011 at 4:34 | history | edited | Daerk | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Apr 7, 2011 at 0:22 | history | edited | Daerk | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Apr 7, 2011 at 0:20 | comment | added | Daerk | Forgot to mention in my last post, that eventually this triangular shaft will be replaced with a square wooden shaft and a fourth light added of the same weight. Also, if anyone could possibly assist with finding a rotary slip ring assembly that would support four 120v~277v 50/60Hz lights through it rotating along with the shaft that'd be helpful as well ;) | |
| Apr 6, 2011 at 22:32 | comment | added | Daerk | Roger that. Ok, Essentially I am rotating three 6 and a half pound 24 inch long light fixtures attached to a 3 5/64" equilateral triangle vertical mount shaft with an extension aluminium tube shaft from it's base for the motor to couple to. I would prefer the ability to oscillate a full 360 degrees over a variable timeframe (remotely controlled via dial/switch/etc), fastest at 1 full rotation about every 1 second and slowest at 1 full rotation every 10 seconds. The wooden shaft is about 30 inches in height and is poplar wood. As of right now the 3/8" width aluminium shaft is 6" long. | |
| Apr 6, 2011 at 16:04 | comment | added | Dave | You will need to provide performance specs before anyone will be able to give you a reasonable answer. How many degrees do you need to rotate your load, and in how much time? | |
| Apr 6, 2011 at 15:02 | answer | added | lyndon | timeline score: 4 | |
| Apr 6, 2011 at 9:07 | history | edited | Daerk |
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| Apr 6, 2011 at 8:48 | comment | added | Daerk | I imagine a stepper motor would work (hence the step control statement above) however I don't have a use for a holding torque (which from my understanding is a significant selling-point of the stepper motors) so was leaning towards DC servo motors. As I'm not a motor expert this could obviously be a misdirected effort on my part... have any enlightened suggestions to help me out? :D | |
| Apr 6, 2011 at 7:17 | comment | added | jsolarski | would a stepper motor work for you instead of a servo? | |
| Apr 6, 2011 at 6:55 | history | asked | Daerk | CC BY-SA 2.5 |