At work we bought an S400T about a year ago. In the process of getting the machine running and bringing it into production, we blew 4 of the Toshiba ICs. We must have gotten a control box with serious problems. We bought a G540 setup from Camtronics a few weeks after buying the S400T. The motors are under much better control now, no more missed steps and the axis moves with much more force. If you want a solution that will last, then I would highly recommend ditching the Heiz gear and getting a G540. It was really easy to get the G540 hooked up under Mach 3, you just need to take a quick look and see whether the reed relays are Normally-Open (NO) or Normally-Closed (NC) and configure Mach 3 appropriately. The guy at Camtronics was very helpful, just send him a datasheet with the specifications of the reed relays and the stepper motors. |