JohnH,
Going for a 4 pole motor doesnt mean you cant increase its speed….thats what the vfd will do for you….
As an example, my 12 x 27 lathe was fitted with a dc motor giving a top speed of around 2000rpm at the spindle.
I swapped it for a 3 ph motor, 2 pole to get near, but not near enough, so I wound the frequency up on the inverter…..ergo, if you wanted a bit more speed from your 4 pole, you could wind up the Hz on the inverter to give a bit more…( I took mine up from 50Hz – 2800rpm to 70 Hz, giving me a motor speed errr….well a bit more…you do the maths…
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Best of luck with the conversion.
Edited By John Rudd on 10/02/2018 11:54:43