Relays and power supplies

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Ben L
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Relays and power supplies

Post by Ben L » Fri 08 Sep , 2017 14:10 pm

Hi all, can someone help me identify the relays I have in my control cabinet

All I can figure out is SGR for the spindle, but i have half a dozen 3 letter labeled relays for what i dont know!

VOR CIR DBR CPR and SGR

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Re: Relays and power supplies

Post by Martin » Fri 08 Sep , 2017 17:19 pm

VOR - Vice Open Relay
CIR - Carousel In Relay
DBR - Draw Bar Relay
CPR - Carousel Power Relay
CCR - Carousel Counterclockwise Relay
GR - Guard Relay
GIR - Guard Interlock Relay
ESR - Emergency Stop Relay
SGR - Spindle Go Relay

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Re: Relays and power supplies

Post by Ben L » Sat 09 Sep , 2017 11:20 am

Thanks Martin, that ia interesting then. Looks like I'm all wired up for Atc!

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Re: Relays and power supplies

Post by Ben L » Mon 11 Sep , 2017 14:46 pm

Second question then, as I said power supplies, i'm trying to understand what these supplies are.

or rather what it is they drive.

i got some way with it. the 110v seems to power another 24v transformer.
28 volts to the smart step
240v to ?? some of the replays so far.

if I touch one side of the Multimeter to the 240v it makes the steppers clunk, that cant be right surely? Id like to know what might be causing that? ive heard it before when the spindle is running and always had intermittient problems with extra steps which to me means this may be the problem.

But besides that the one on the left shows no output at all on the multimeter, perhaps its 180v for the spindle?

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Re: Relays and power supplies

Post by Martin » Fri 15 Sep , 2017 23:11 pm

The unit on the left is the spindle drive choke.

The spindle drive is 240 volts ac.
Cabinet fan & 24 volt dc power supply is 110 volts ac.
The control & stepper drives should be 28 volts ac although later models will be 24 dc to the logic.
The toolchanger is also 240 volts ac.

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