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Originally Posted by toastnbacon
We have a CIM motor connected to a power source to continue testing our launcher and the wires are heating up. There are no other wires attached to the actual motor wires and they are warm right away.
Any suggestions,
chiefwebmaster
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First of all a CIM motor is a current or torque device. The more armature voltage you apply the speed and current increase proportionally. So if your load changes or you have a high load to begin with, the current will increase to keep the load speed. This speed is based on the speed reference. If your wires are heating up immediately you may be using the wrong gauge wire. What speed reference voltage are you applying? What motor are you using? What type shooter do you have? Is the motor coupled to a gearbox? How are you driving the motor? Are you using an encoder for speed feedback or are you using voltage feedback? Is your shooter a single motor type or are you running a two motor linear shooter? What speed are you running the motor/s at? These are some of the questions that have to be answered. Happy to help you out in anyway I can.