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Jerry Adams
Didn't want to hijack the thread on the Bridgeport mill but the discussion on adding a VFD got me going to the Temco web site to peruse various
VFD products. The main question I came away with was How does the VFD work in conjunction with the gear selection on my lathe or the pulley drive on my mill. My lathe runs on 230v single phase and the speed is determined by setting a gear train in the headstock. My mill is 230v 3 phase and is currently running off a rotary phase converter.
For the lathe, if I installed a VFD would I set the gears to produce the highest speed and then the VFD would vary the speed on the motor to produce the desired rpm? As the current motor runs at one speed, is this good for it? My mill is a Taiwanese Bridgeport clone with the speed crank on the head. Would the same principle apply here?
VFD products. The main question I came away with was How does the VFD work in conjunction with the gear selection on my lathe or the pulley drive on my mill. My lathe runs on 230v single phase and the speed is determined by setting a gear train in the headstock. My mill is 230v 3 phase and is currently running off a rotary phase converter.
For the lathe, if I installed a VFD would I set the gears to produce the highest speed and then the VFD would vary the speed on the motor to produce the desired rpm? As the current motor runs at one speed, is this good for it? My mill is a Taiwanese Bridgeport clone with the speed crank on the head. Would the same principle apply here?