CIM Motor Reversing

[gpetilli]

Originally Posted by MrForbes

...or mount the switch so that it is activated as the arm moves past it and hits the hard stop. There are many solutions.

Thats what i meant, but also tried to suggest that it to stays activated while resting on the hard stop. I have seen fast moving arms fly past the limit switch, the motor pauses, and then restarts when it clears the switch. It then powers into the hard stop as if the switch wasn't there.

I think Ether, MrForbes and myself are saying the same thing. Limit switches should be mounted next to the moving arm such that the arm sweeps past the switch; NOT directly in the arm's path such that the arm smacks the switch and uses it as the hard stop.