ESAB Ultrarex UXD-P 2500 retrofit with Linuxcnc and Proma THC

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6 years 8 months ago #156462 by Uzikas
I have an old the same Ultrarex uxd-p. If I'll leave the old servo motors and servo drivers. Just fit's 6i25 or 5i25 card and 7i77. It's possible? Did you leave everything just change motors and motor's drivers and cards?

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6 years 8 months ago #156478 by tommylight
Translation is not ok.
I used the old servo motors and drives, limit switches, E-stop loop, most of the wiring

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a 6i25 and 7i77, new PC with monitor, power supplies, added a stepper motor and drive to one of the Z axis ( has 2 Z axis ), a Proma THC150.
Do you have the documentation for it, especially the schematics ?

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6 years 8 months ago #156538 by Uzikas
Yes I have. Could you share schemes or pictures with connections? Did you connect THC to card 7i77? or it`s separate ? what kind of power supplies did You install?stepper motor? driver? THC only one on plasma cutting? sorry for questions, but it`s very important for me

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6 years 8 months ago #156541 by tommylight
If you have the schematics, you will need an electronics expert, there are to many wires to be wired properly and any mistake will end up in tears.
No amount of pictures will help you if you are not sure what each wire there does.
Start by studying the schematics with someone who knows electronics, check the schematics and the physical wires, find where each of them is located and how it is connected, especially the following:
Find the E-stop loop and figure out how it connected to the computer, you will have to wire this to the 7i77 input later.
Find the Enable wire that goes from the computer to the drives ( drives are in small boxes near the motors, not in any of the machine enclosures ), you will need to connect this to a 7i77 output later.
Find the analogue inputs for each servo drive, there are 3 drives so you will need to find all 3 of the cables to connect them to the 7i77 analogue outputs.
Find the encoder wires from all 3 servo motors, this is easier as they are separate for each motor, to be connected to 7i77 encoder inputs.
Find the limit switch cables, there are 3 of them used for homing and limits, to be wired to 7i77 inputs.
There is another extreme limit switch under the gantry on the left side when looking from the computer's side, do not touch this one and do not wire it to anything !!!!! This one cuts all the interlocks and power to drives in case of run away !
Keep in mind that making the interlocks work will need wiring on the big box located on the gantry, as they are controlled by several voltages, e-stop and enable. If i remember correctly there is only a single wire involved but i can not recall how and where, it was very hard to find it.
All the wires have labels, there are also numbering of each and every connector in the schematics, except there was an error on this documentation that had me chasing two connectors for over 3 hours, they are labelled wrong.

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6 years 8 months ago #156768 by alexandrub
Hi, i have the same esab plasmacutter to retrofit. I ask you why do you change the z servo motor with a stepper?

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6 years 8 months ago #156771 by tommylight

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