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Unread 03/20/2020, 03:28 PM   #70
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Originally Posted by cah1982 View Post
Im tryin to do same use a stepper as a doser, and have written all code for arduino, but just in testing phase at minute, Its not as advanced as yours im just using generic sheilds with A4988 drivers

Did you manage to get accurate dosing? at minute im counting steps to 100ml as a calibration then doing

calibration steps / 100 * how many ML to dose

Just wondered how accurate you found these dose heads and if you ever got to try the BPT tube (thicker wall)
Yup! It all depends on the pump head - the smaller chinese stepper heads don't like the thicker wall tubing and aren't very good for dealing with higher vacuum (long intake pipes).

If your feed and dispensing tubing and setup is the same, once calibrated its very consistent, much more so than the DC pump motors.


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