Fanuc Retrofit
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:24 pm
Hi
I was just wondering if anyone has done an upgrade to fit KMotion on a Fanuc machine. From what I can see, the following is possible:
1) Using a Pico board, one can get the encoder signals of the Fanuc Red (3 Phase brushless) motors
2) Interfacing to The Fanuc drives seems to be a challenge as the require 6 phase inputs from the controller. I have not been able to find any board on the market to generate the 6 phase outputs. Any ideas?
It looks like one will have to replace the drives with something which can accept 10V analog or step-direction signals. There seems to be a few drives able to do that.
Any comments please.
I was just wondering if anyone has done an upgrade to fit KMotion on a Fanuc machine. From what I can see, the following is possible:
1) Using a Pico board, one can get the encoder signals of the Fanuc Red (3 Phase brushless) motors
2) Interfacing to The Fanuc drives seems to be a challenge as the require 6 phase inputs from the controller. I have not been able to find any board on the market to generate the 6 phase outputs. Any ideas?
It looks like one will have to replace the drives with something which can accept 10V analog or step-direction signals. There seems to be a few drives able to do that.
Any comments please.