Motors and Drives

The A2MC control system will support any servo or stepper motor and drive combination that functions using a “step and direction” protocol.  It can handle eight axis motion in the following combinations:

• Two X axis: X and X’.  This means an X drive for both ends of a gantry.
  
  
• Two Y axis: Y1 and Y2 (for dual carriage operation) OR one Y and one A axis (rotational motion around the X axis).
  
  
• Four Z axis: Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 for multiple Z operations or up to two of the Z axis can be replaced with W axis (tangential motion along an XY contour).

The pictures on the right show four common motor drive combinations.  Click on the images to view wiring and connection details to the A2MC.

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