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I have an extremely powerful home pc and I would like to control 4 bridgeport machines with this pc. I will only be using 2dc servo motors (x,y axes) per machine. I have yet to purchase them but they will have to match todays machines speed. I built my pc ( p4 2.8ghz x2 hyper threaded, 2 180gb HDs, 5 usb ports, 5 pci slots, 2gb ddr/sdram )and it could blow away those wimpy proto trak mills (much faster) and make my bridgeports comparable to much higher priced machines. I want to be able to do everyhing on my pc, i can make all the cad cam software, but all i need from you is a solution to this link from the servo motors to the pc and make it all work. Thanks, ryan from chicago
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Redeve,
We offer motion control products that provide a solution to motion control using the PCI bus. Our PCI 7344 matched with an MID or third party drive should work for you. For more information on our specs, I suggest visiting our motion products on the web.http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/nioc.vp?cid=1506〈=US
Best Regards,
Chris
NI Application Engineer
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Thanks much, first i wanted to let you know that your website is great. give the people who run it for you a raise. Second, even though I asked you about 2 axis, maybe thats only for measurement, but ill pay the extra 500 for 4 axis capability down the road. I had another idea, would you have any software that mimics the contropl of a cnc (fanuc, yasnac) on the screen of a windows pc? Would you even need that, or can you do everything you need with motion control software from you? By adding that feature, wouldnt the traditional setup is rendered totally obselete? (servo-->motion control board-->CNC control) I am really excited about this technology. if you guys have stock, put me down! One more question, if you have software and hardware for automation and measurement, wouldnt it be possible for me to build my own cnc from a bare casting (auto pallet changer), add all required
hardware, but also include a robot to load the pallet, and to measure the piece (can robots use cmm equip[those little red ball things, dont know their name] and is the software to run them compatible with robots?), all while your sitting in the office. Alerts could tell you when you are in danger of losing tolerance. then you come out and change the tool. Im sure they already have that, but wouldnt using a powerful (and fast) pc and servo motors make the machine lightning quick? sorry for the bombardment of questions, but im only 21 and i would rather be sitting in the office sipping on starbucks rakin it in sitting in a lazy boy than standing in front of a machine getting coolant sprayed in my face. anyways, thanks in advance. (in chicago, the weather is so bad all i do is stay inside and dream up new stuff ha ha)Do you think I have a pretty good understanding for only surfing the web for about a week researching?
PS->i did find a competitor that is claiming to be the only company that is doing this. Set em straight. their name is Direct motion control (specialize in 5 axis, maybe you should have 5 axis boards too)
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ABMSoft - an NI alliance member in Eastern Europe has developed a very powerful G-code interpretor for LabVIEW. Their ABMS-NC toolkit for LabVIEW also includes an offline simulation tool. They have successfully deployed many machines using this toolkit. Its available directly from ABMSoft for $995. You can contact ABMSoft directly.

More info on ABMSoft (Contact info and product details)
http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/niaa.com_view?p_all_id=7974

Documentation on ABMSoft's website
http://www.abmsoft.com/NI-NC.pdf

Thanks,
Rahul

Rahul Kulkarni
National Instruments
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If you are going to be using a motion control board, then your computer power/speed will be wasted. Most of the motion control processing is done within the board. The PC is just used for programming convenience and to provide an interface. Some motion control boards don't even need a PC. If you want to use traditional G-code programs, you may want to consider a different manufacturer. Delta Tau PMACs can run "native" G-code, and have an extensive Labview driver library. I have used several of these on machines that need to interface motion, vision, and test equipment.
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