The Servo That Overshot Every Move We sized a servo for a ball screw axis: 200 mm travel, 5 kg load, move in 0.5 seconds. The static torque (to hold the load against friction) was fine. But the axis overshot every move. The servo was undersized for the acceleration torque. The move profile demanded 0.4 …

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