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« on: February 07, 2014, 01:42:01 PM »
I think the big problem is Fanuc stuff is usually more expensive than other makes and also documentation is much harder to come by, so dont really know much about how the motor and drive works. If it is an induction motor (I think it is ) then a VFD should be able to drive it, the issue would be you are likely wanting positioning and tight speed control and that means top end VFD. I know Control Techniques make all sorts of drives, maybe the UniDrive range would work but you would have to contact them and ask.
If you had 415v 3 phase you likely could have picked up some Allen Bradley HV drives and MPL motors, that is what I have on most of my machines, the Beaver Mill has a 5Kw/4000rpm motor , the Chiron a 9Kw 3800rpm motor and the Computurn Lathe a 12.5Kw 2000rpm motor, all are MPL B series motors and use DSD-HV drives.
If you can hook up some power to the Fanuc drives I think you should be able to test relatively easily, there should only be a few signals required, enable being one.
Hood