Thread: Linear motion setup
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Re: Linear motion setup
I apologize, but I am being deliberately secretive about the application.

Tristan is correct, moving small loads, quickly, and precisely, though precision is not super-important. As I said, 0.1" is good, and really, even 0.5" would be acceptable.

The goal is to be able to stop and change direction at any arbitrary point in the travel. Max speed is something I'm willing to sacrifice if I need to. For example, 200-400 cycles/min @ 4" stroke, but only 65-130 cycles/min @ 12"

I think a stepper motor driving a multistart leadscrew with like 2 effective TPI would be the sort of solution I'm looking at.