Wow, thanks for all the feedback everyone! This is great. We're modifying and automating an existing machine and my boss is annoyingly secretive about it or I'd be less vague. BrianPeterson hit it on the head with his concern. Essentially after the carriage is positioned with the set up we're...
Working on a pretty simple PLC controlled machine with a carriage that needs to travel horizontally to various user selected positions (up to 36"), move freely while the machine does its thing, and return to a zero position after the process is over. Speed doesn't matter, and the carriage would...
