Yaskawa Sigma-5 Large Capacity Users Manual: Design and Maintenance-Rotary Motors-Mechatrolink-III Communication Reference - Manual (Page 122)

4 Operation
4.4.3 Electronic Gear
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4.4.3 Electronic Gear
The electronic gear enables the workpiece travel distance per reference unit input from the host controller. The
minimum unit of the position data moving a load is called a reference unit.
When the Electronic Gear is Not Used:
Calculate the revolutions.
1 revolution is 6 mm. Therefore, 10 ÷ 6 = 10/6 revolutions.
When the Electronic Gear is Used:
Ball screw pitch: 6 mm
Workpiece
Encoder resolution (20 bit) 1048576
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2
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The section indicates the difference between using and not using an electronic gear when a
workpiece is moved 10 mm in the following configuration.
Calculate the required reference units.
1048576 reference units is 1 revolution. Therefore, 10/6
× 1048576 = 1747626.66 reference units.
Input 1747627 references as reference units.
Reference units must be calculated per reference. → complicated
The reference unit is 1 μm. Therefore, to move the workpiece 10 mm (10000 μm),
1 reference unit = 1 μm, so 10000 1 = 10000 reference units.
Input 10000 reference units.
÷
Calculation of reference units per reference is not required. → simplified
Rotation