VFD to single phase mashtroy 220

[Dave Owen 1Participant @daveowen1]

[Dave Owen 1Participant @daveowen1]

Hi Guys

i was looking at replacing speed control on my mashtroy ( warco 220) lathe with a VFD, any one done so and if so how did you go about it?

Regards

Dave

[John OlsenParticipant @johnolsen79199]

Depends what the existing motor is. Apparently the earlier ones came with single phase while the later ones came with a variable speed motor, I don't know what sort, but quite likely some sort of DC motor or a universal type of AC motor. To use a VFD you would need a three phase motor, so it very probably would require you to buy both the motor and the VFD. So unless the existing motor is a three phase one, it would be quite an expensive exercise, although still probably worthwhile.

John

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

As mentioned, the motor would require changing for a 3 phase one, and you would have to do some careful measuring to find out whether there is room to fit one.

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