neo, i dissembled a printer and i found two steppers and a normal dc motor (a big one and its not a BLDC) but that normal dc motor was there to move the printer cartridge, i thought that the motor used to move the cartridge is a stepper. still i didnt get the point about motor types
how can i find a motor type?? for example stepper motors and BLDC motors
Is the motor used to move the cartridge a stepper?
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Is the motor used to move the cartridge a stepper?
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Re: Is the motor used to move the cartridge a stepper?
Hello Praveen,
I think You have identified it correctly. There are printers that comes with a DC motor to move the cartridge. However you might have already noticed a thin plastic strip with 1000s of tiny black lines? This is called an encoder. By using a photo-transistor, the distance travelled is measured using this method. Since the measurement is read back in this way, this is referred as a servo system.
Have a look at following images.
Linear encoder: 1 - Encoder strip (semi-transparent gray strip)
2 - Carrier belt (black and brown toothed belt)
Rotary Encoder: In printers, the signal from these encoders are read by using a small circuit as below. Finally a video which tells everything
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQFQ-sCsJWc[/media]
I think You have identified it correctly. There are printers that comes with a DC motor to move the cartridge. However you might have already noticed a thin plastic strip with 1000s of tiny black lines? This is called an encoder. By using a photo-transistor, the distance travelled is measured using this method. Since the measurement is read back in this way, this is referred as a servo system.
Have a look at following images.
Linear encoder: 1 - Encoder strip (semi-transparent gray strip)
2 - Carrier belt (black and brown toothed belt)
Rotary Encoder: In printers, the signal from these encoders are read by using a small circuit as below. Finally a video which tells everything
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQFQ-sCsJWc[/media]
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