ajk2004
Aluminum
- Joined
- Oct 12, 2014
- Location
- Fort Dodge, IA
I've been reading a great deal about rotary phase converters and I had some questions I hope you all can answer. Currently I have a 3 hp 3 ph. chicago press brake. I also have a 1 or 2 hp bridgeport that is also three phase. I was planning on buying a RPC from American rotary. When I called them, they said because my brake is 3 hp, I will need a 7.5 hp RPC. It is around $640. I started reading on here and now I may try to build my own to save some $$$. I went to the local scrapyard and the only motors that I could get to are a single phase 5-7 hp motor and one 5 hp 3 ph. motor. I would like to build a setup where you use the single phase motor as the pony and the 3 ph motor as the idler motor. The only concern is that the idler motor is only 5 hp. Do you guys know if this motor is enough to power my 3 hp brake? There were plenty of 10 hp single phase motors there but that didn't help me. I was hoping they were 3 ph but no such luck. I suppose I could use the 5-7 hp single phase motor on my brake but then I can't use anything to power my bridgeport. Looking at the pony/idler setup looks somewhat easy to setup. Ive seen some that have one motor and all sorts of wiring/capacitors, etc... and that seems too complicated for me at this point. What options do I have here? Thanks guys.
Andy
Andy