The X axis stepper motor just kind of seized on my laser this morning, it's an 2001 Epilog. is there anyplace to purchase aftermarket parts or do I need to get it from Epilog? Thanks Jack
The X axis stepper motor just kind of seized on my laser this morning, it's an 2001 Epilog. is there anyplace to purchase aftermarket parts or do I need to get it from Epilog? Thanks Jack
In general, stepper motors are somewhat standardized and you can usually find equivalent replacements, but you have to have good data on your current motor. Frame size (usually a NEMA number), steps per revolution, Unipolar or Bipolar, voltage per phase, current per phase, and/or resistance per phase. If you have a motor manufacturer and model number, you can usually find the specs. Most likely Epilog just buys the motors, so see if there is a nameplate on it.
[eta:] Epilog likely will have installed a connector on the lead wires, and that may take a little fiddling, but if it's an odd connector you could always just splice on the old one.
Last edited by Paul F Franklin; 11-02-2019 at 2:31 PM.
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It's a MOOG C13. I have found a couple that are close but nothing that matches exactly. I'll probably have to get it from epilog and pay through the nose.
So, not a stepper motor, but a servo-motor. Those are way less standardized than steppers. If you have the full the Moog part number you may be able to order it through one of their distributors and save a few bucks.