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« on: December 16, 2014, 12:18:49 12:18 » |
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Anybody experimented about the Hz (50Hz to 60Hz) inverter project?
To be specific:
I have AC 220V/50Hz in my country but I need AC 110V/60Hz (about 6A) for an equipment. The load is an induction load.
Any help will be appreciated.
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« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2014, 07:54:09 19:54 » |
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What kind of equipment? Have you contacted the manufacture about running in on 50Hz, it might not matter and if it does they might very well have a 50Hz conversion kit available that is generally going to be cheaper then building an external converter... If it will run on 50Hz, then it's just a matter of stepping down the voltage with a transformer...
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« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2014, 08:01:36 20:01 » |
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Could you be more specific on the load?
There are ac motors inside?
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« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2014, 03:56:08 03:56 » |
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Thank you guys for your responses.
The equipment is a cnc glass scoring machine. There is no inverter for the (air cooled) spindle and mainly runs at AC 110V/60Hz. Speed varies between 4k to 12k. The controller looks like a PID phase control unit.
I tried with a step down transformer, 220V --> 95V. But the spindle is hot like hell within half an hour.
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« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2014, 01:23:00 13:23 » |
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No schematic / service manual available for this machine?
It could also be very useful to have a simple electric block diagram ...
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« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2014, 05:04:02 05:04 » |
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Thank you guys for your responses.
The equipment is a cnc glass scoring machine. There is no inverter for the (air cooled) spindle and mainly runs at AC 110V/60Hz. Speed varies between 4k to 12k. The controller looks like a PID phase control unit.
I tried with a step down transformer, 220V --> 95V. But the spindle is hot like hell within half an hour.
Nothing too unusual about a hot CNC spindle. Particularly after half an hour. That's why the industrial ones have heatsinking fins on them. Are you sure it didn't get hot before? |
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« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2014, 05:27:44 05:27 » |
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But the spindle is hot like hell within half an hour. Make/Model of the machine or even the spindle? |
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« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2014, 05:32:04 05:32 » |
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Thank you guys for your responses.
The equipment is a cnc glass scoring machine. There is no inverter for the (air cooled) spindle and mainly runs at AC 110V/60Hz. Speed varies between 4k to 12k. The controller looks like a PID phase control unit.
I tried with a step down transformer, 220V --> 95V. But the spindle is hot like hell within half an hour.
This may be normal. Most equipment works just fine at 60 instead of 50 Hz. Going the other way is more problematic as low cost transformers can saturate with high volt-sec associated with 50Hz. you machine might be simply running off linear or switching AC to DC power supplies anyway |
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« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2014, 11:45:45 11:45 » |
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The machine has been bought by a local company at 2010 but didn't go for production due to some reason. It was just sitting idle (after installation) till I bought it recently. Then I discovered that the power system is not suitable for our 50Hz. The company is not sure whether there was an inverter for it or it was stolen.
Router runs at AC 110V and has an extra wiring for speed/load sensing. Unfortunately, there is no vendor tag in the router, only the spec. Robotic part (servo) runs smooth by the step down transformer. But the router gets extremely hot shortly and then phase control unit starts malfunctioning. I suppose it is due to 50Hz power.
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« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2014, 04:13:35 16:13 » |
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maybe post what's on the spec plate.. or a photo..
best to use a Variable-frequency drive, but I bet the cost will be above the cost of a 50hz router.
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« Reply #11 on: December 24, 2014, 10:29:54 10:29 » |
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Thank you guys for your responses.
The equipment is a cnc glass scoring machine. There is no inverter for the (air cooled) spindle and mainly runs at AC 110V/60Hz. Speed varies between 4k to 12k. The controller looks like a PID phase control unit.
"Looks like"? Are you certain it's not a VFD on that spindle? If it is, you may be completely wasting your time worrying about line frequency. |
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« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2014, 07:14:44 07:14 » |
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Are you certain it's not a VFD on that spindle?
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Buddy, it's certain that there is no VFD. But, there is a speed controller and it looks like PID...  |
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