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Re:Everything you need to know to design your own CNC router by CamperBob2 on Monday January 18, 2021 @11:24PM (#25829976)
Re:Everything you need to know to design your own CNC router by jacquesm on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @11:25AM (#25835039)
For their size those are very impressive, I'd be quite concerned about cooling them but there must be applications where their form factor would be a game changer.
Re:Everything you need to know to design your own CNC router by justinclift on Monday January 18, 2021 @11:28PM (#25830001)
Looks like the wrong kind of thing? Those seem to be high speed drone motors.

Am thinking they'd not have enough torque, unless you gear them pretty high.

Re:Everything you need to know to design your own CNC router by CamperBob2 on Monday January 18, 2021 @11:49PM (#25830110)
Further down the page, they explicitly call out CNC applications. ("IQ motors are smoother, quieter, and more efficient than stepper motors, and they will never skip a step or get lost.")

They are basically a stepper motor from the application's point of view, but with some of the advantages of a servo, as far as I can tell.

(No affiliation, just curious if these guys are onto something useful.)

Re:Everything you need to know to design your own CNC router by gji on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @12:13AM (#25830232)
Just judging by the torque specs and comparing to a nema23 stepper, seems like it needs an order of magnitude more torque to compare. Note that in the comparison chart they compare to a nema11, which is tiny compared to the steppers used in most hobby cncs.