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I HAVE BRIDGEPORT BOSS CNC WITH TWO SIGMA STYLE AND ONE SUPERIOR STYLE STEPPERS. ITS POWERED BY 2 22OV/ 48V 1OOO WATT STEP DOWN TRANSFORMER. BOTH PRIMARIES AND SECONDARIES OF THE 2 TRANSFORMERS ARE WIRED PARALLEL AND IN PHASE WITH EACH OTHER. THEY FEED THE POWER TO A PMDX 135 FULL WAVE BRIDGE RECTIFIER THAT PUTS OUT 70VDC, TO POWER 3 7AMP PER PHASE GECKO 202'S. 118VAC POWER IS DRAWN OFF THE CENTER TAP OF BOTH PRIMARIES AND IS USED TO POWER A PMDX 131 BREAKOUT BOARD. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE STEPPERS ONLY PULLING ABOUT 1.9 AMPS WHEN STEPPING. THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE HOLDING POWER , AND ALMOST NO TOUQUE WHEN STEPPING. ALL VOLTAGES HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND APPEAR TO BE CORRECT. THEY ARE WIRED AS FOLLOWED: SIGMA 3 TO PHASE A+ 1 TO PHASE A- 4 TO PHASE B+ 2 TO PHASE B- 7 JUMPERED TO 8 5 JUMPERED TO 6 SUPERIOR A+ TO 7 AND 4 A- TO 5 AND 8 B+ TO 1 AND 2 B- TO 6 AND 3 WHY DON'T HE STEPPERS HAVE ANY POWER? ARE THE TRANSFORMERS WIRED INCORRECTLY? HOW SHOULD I CONFIGURE THE PIN AND MOTOR TUNING SETTINGS ON MACH 3. THE GECKOS HAVE NO CURRENT LIMITING RESISTORS. |
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