Parts salvaged from large copier - are they useable?

[Neuport]

I am in the process of salvaging a large photocopier and would like to use some of the parts for a future DIY CNC machine. I could use some advice as to which parts are suitable for various uses and if any of the boards can be used as is or if I should plan on new drivers or repurposing components to DIY drivers. Thanks for looking.

Among the items salvaged so far:
(11) 24V brushless fans
(1) 12V brushless fan
(6) 24V stepper motors in various sizes, all 6 wire
(3) large 38V constat speed integral drive; the 7 pins are 38v and gnd, 5v logic and gnd, on/off, clock, lock
(1) Brushless motor DR-6236 26.40W 24VDC, 1.6A, 120mNm, 2200r/min
(1) Synchronous motor J205-363, 24V 62 hz, 4.2 r/min ccw
(1) unmarked round 5 wire motor
(1) 24V solenoid/linear actuator
(5) DC motor reduction gear assemblies; these have 24V speed 370 type motors and rotate about 7 rpm at 24 volts
(10+) 24V electromagnetic clutches (or brakes)
(15+) opto-interrupter sensors, 5mm flag gap
power supplies including a very beefy main supply for all the motors
motor driver board
gears, shafts, pulleys, timing belts, etc.

I am first interested in sorting out the stepper/driver/psu arrangement to decide if I can use the boards as is or if I'll need new drivers.

I've attached some not so good pictures of these items. Let me know what you think.

I would think the power supply which is pretty beefy would be great for a CNC setup. The driver board I don't know about. Is it straightforward to tap into the board to control it from my computer or microcontroller or is it likely too proprietary? If so, I would think I could repurpose the key IC's and connectors to a home built board to make my own drivers. Is that practical or would it be best to start fresh?

The integral drive motors are large and heavy and mounted on very heavy aluminum. The output shaft has a helical(?) gear and they interfaced with a gear train. They are rated at 9217 r/min at 38v.

The steppers looked pretty normal and I have a few sizes. I would think the three matching medium ones might work for a small 3 axis machine of some kind.

[79TigerPilot]

Ya just need to keep the stuff around -- it will fit some project eventually.

Do you have the main rotating drum, I am looking for one to make a laser photo plotter?


Craig

[James Newton]

This page will help you sort out the motor wiring:
techref.massmind.org/techref/io/stepper/wires.htm

Reverse engineering the driver would be an interesting project... maybe you can find a place to cut a trace and inject step and direction signals.

Do us all a favor? Let us know the model of the photocopier so people know what to look for if they want the motors you got out of that thing? I keep a list here which has a few other printers / copiers in it and what motors they will give up:
techref.massmind.org/techref/io/stepper/linistep/motors.htm