Customer:
I’m inquiring about the TowerPro MG958 servo motor. Can this motor control position in degrees, or is it a continuous rotation motor where I can only set direction and stop? We need to use servo motors to open and close valves, with 90° rotation clockwise and counterclockwise. Would this motor suit our needs?
Original message (Croatian)
Pozdrav! Kontaktiram Vas u vezi Servo motora TowerPro MG958. Zanima me je li na ovom motoru moguće regulirati poziciju (u kutovima) ili je riječ o kontinuiranom motoru (gdje je moguće odrediti samo smjer okretaja i zaustaviti okretanje)? Servo motore bismo koristili za otvaranje i zatvaranje ventila, pri čemu bi okret trebao iznositi 90° u smjeru kazaljke na satu i u suprotnom smjeru, pa bih Vas molila za pojašnjenje, bi li ovaj motor odgovarao našim potrebama? Zahvaljujem se.
Originally submitted via email support on 23 February 2022. Migrated to the forum for community visibility.
Soldered Support:
The MG958 servo motor would not suit your needs because it has a rotation range of 60 degrees as stated in the product description. For your application, you would need a 180-degree motor that rotates in steps as you described. There are also 360-degree motors that rotate continuously until you stop them with a command. These can be accelerated, decelerated, and stopped, but cannot be moved in specific degrees. For opening and closing valves, you could use the TowerPro MG995 180-degree servo motor instead.
Original message (Croatian)
Navedeni servo motor vam ne bi odgovarao jer ima kut zakreta od 60 stupnjeva što piše u opisu na stranici proizvoda. Za vašu upotrebu bi vam trebao motor od 180 stupnjeva koji se rotira u koracima kako ste i opisali. Također postoje motori 360 stupnjeva i oni se kontinuirano rotiraju dok ih naredbom ne zaustavite. Njih je moguće ubrzati i usporiti te zaustaviti kako sam naveo, ali nije moguće pomicati u stupnjevima.