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For my lathe I bought a static converter to run it on 220V single phase. Ive read that with a static converter you only get about 2/3 of the hp that the motor would make on 3 phase because it only adds the 3rd leg to get the motor spinning after that the motor is only on 2 legs.
I did some work at a machine shop that only had single phase power and he would start up a 3 phase machine to make 3 phase power. So to use lets say a lathe he would fire up a mill off the static converter and the motor would act as a generator on the 3rd leg. So on his lathe he would have power on all 3 legs all the time.
Ive been reading and watching youtube videos and this looks like how a rotary converter works, just a static converter starting a motor. So I was wondering, couldn't I find a 3phase motor and start it off the static converter and then have 3 power legs to the lathe?
The reason I ask is my lathe seem to weak, I cant run it at higher speeds.
I did some work at a machine shop that only had single phase power and he would start up a 3 phase machine to make 3 phase power. So to use lets say a lathe he would fire up a mill off the static converter and the motor would act as a generator on the 3rd leg. So on his lathe he would have power on all 3 legs all the time.
Ive been reading and watching youtube videos and this looks like how a rotary converter works, just a static converter starting a motor. So I was wondering, couldn't I find a 3phase motor and start it off the static converter and then have 3 power legs to the lathe?
The reason I ask is my lathe seem to weak, I cant run it at higher speeds.