woodcanoe
Plastic
- Joined
- Oct 26, 2010
- Location
- Maine, USA
I am a newbie and found this forum last night. I have an 18 yr old son who is in his last year of machine tool tech program. We are setting up a small machine shop in our door yard. We have an Excelo Mill and Med size Cincinnati lathe. Mill is 1 1/2 hp and lathe is 3 hp. Both machines are dual volltage 220/440. We have no three phase in our neighborhood. We have an Hitachi electronic converter that came with the mill but don't like it. We are looking at rotary phase converters. Would like to know the pros and cons, based on ease of operation more than just cost.
Since the phase converters I have looked at would require a transformerto step up to 440v, would it make more sense to use the 220 windings in the motors and simplify things.
Question my son asked me last night and I don't know the anwer to is this: Is there any advantage to using the motors on 440 v as opposed to 220?
Appreciate any advice.
Thanks,
WC
Since the phase converters I have looked at would require a transformerto step up to 440v, would it make more sense to use the 220 windings in the motors and simplify things.
Question my son asked me last night and I don't know the anwer to is this: Is there any advantage to using the motors on 440 v as opposed to 220?
Appreciate any advice.
Thanks,
WC