patgabatch wrote:hello, on what criterion should we then play in order to improve performance and eliminate the loss of perpendicularity, acceleration or even the speed of rotation?
I imagine that these modifications are to be made in the configuration panel for the axis concerned.
Pat,
you've just got to try lower acceleration / velocity values that do not cause the axis motor(s) to lose steps. Every machine is different, and even the axis on one machine can be different. Friction, mass, gearing, etc are not necessarily identical on all axis.
What I did on my plasma table is keep increasing the acceleration and speed on one axis and do manual rapid jogs back and forth on that axis until I got lost steps (motor stops and squeals), then back off by a reasonable safety margin for reliability. I did this on each axis. After that, in cad, I drew up a mad zig zag, circles, arcs, etc file that lasted 15 mins, with the table running at rapid speed.
Before I ran this file, I put the Z axis in a certain known position and noted the XY co-ordinates. For plasma perhaps a rigid fine point fixed to the Z-axis will do. For a milling machine it may be necessary to set up dial indicators for accuracy.
So with the Z-axis accurately positioned at a known locations, I'd then run the file and my gantry ran all over the place at rapid speed for 15 mins. After that I'd manually command the table to return to the XY co-ordinates I'd previously recorded and see if the Z axis ended up exactly where it started. If it did, I'd assume there's no lost steps and my table could handle that speed/acceleration setting.
As for where do you adjust those settings I think you need to spend some time reading the UCCNC manual. Go to the chapter:
3 .Setting up the software for the machine (Configuration)
3.1 .Axis setup