I'llFixIt
Plastic
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2014
- Location
- Michigan, USA
Hi all,
The company I work for has machines that will be shipped to Europe, the power system at the destination is a 5-wire system, 400VAC, 50Hz, 3-phase. Our customer is requiring us to run the machine off on our floor in this configuration. We have 120, 240, and 480V 60hz in our shop. We are trying to figure out the cheapest way to get to the target voltage and frequency. We found special generators for this purpose, but they are fairly expensive to rent. My thought was to use a Variable Frequency Drive configured to output 400VAC/50Hz. But I'm not certain I can command BOTH frequency and voltage of the drive.
Any thoughts? Better ideas?
FWIW, the searches I've done for this come back to things like motors will run a little faster/hotter when changing voltage nominally, say 380V/50Hz to 460V/60Hz, but that's not my circumstance. I HAVE to supply the machine with 400VAC/50Hz, only for about 8 hours. The machine is very simple, no motors... Everything on it is ran on 24VDC, and my VAC to VDC power supply is fine with running at 400VAC 3-ph so that's not a problem.
Thanks.
The company I work for has machines that will be shipped to Europe, the power system at the destination is a 5-wire system, 400VAC, 50Hz, 3-phase. Our customer is requiring us to run the machine off on our floor in this configuration. We have 120, 240, and 480V 60hz in our shop. We are trying to figure out the cheapest way to get to the target voltage and frequency. We found special generators for this purpose, but they are fairly expensive to rent. My thought was to use a Variable Frequency Drive configured to output 400VAC/50Hz. But I'm not certain I can command BOTH frequency and voltage of the drive.
Any thoughts? Better ideas?
FWIW, the searches I've done for this come back to things like motors will run a little faster/hotter when changing voltage nominally, say 380V/50Hz to 460V/60Hz, but that's not my circumstance. I HAVE to supply the machine with 400VAC/50Hz, only for about 8 hours. The machine is very simple, no motors... Everything on it is ran on 24VDC, and my VAC to VDC power supply is fine with running at 400VAC 3-ph so that's not a problem.
Thanks.