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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Powtran PI9000 vfd, need help please.

« on: December 15, 2017, 02:59:07 PM »

Hi Craig,

Thanks for that, I will give it a go.

Peter.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Powtran PI9000 vfd, need help please.

« on: December 14, 2017, 05:14:22 AM »

Hi Craig,

Yes it is all hooked up and working and I can control it from the panel.

This is new to me Craig, I thought it would be easy to set constant surface speed for turning,that is why I went with a vfd and 3 phase motor, I do have another lathe but that is manual and I wanted to get better surface finishes on this one.

Peter

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Powtran PI9000 vfd, need help please.

« on: December 14, 2017, 04:39:53 AM »

Hi Craig,

What I want to do is just have the spindle turn counter clockwise as it has a thread on it and not a cam lock, also I want it to have constant surface speed so as the diameter reduces the speed increases and be able to run it through Mach4, that's it...lol

Peter.

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Mach4 General Discussion / Re: Powtran PI9000 vfd, need help please.

« on: December 13, 2017, 11:17:53 PM »

Hi Craig, I have just downloaded the manual, will try to post in now

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Mach4 General Discussion / Powtran PI9000 vfd, need help please.

« on: December 13, 2017, 07:33:32 PM »

Hi, I have been converting a lathe I bought to cnc.

I fitted a Powtran PI900 2.2Kw, 240v single phase in and 240v 3 phase out, also I have fitted an ESS and MB2 board I purchased from cnc room and it all runs on Mach4, the problem I am having is I want to connect the vfd to the ess and be able to control the css of the motor through mach4.

I have read the manual that came with the inverter and I can't figure out which connections to use from the vfd to the ess  
I would appreciate some help if anyone has had experience with a Powtran vfd.

Thanks Peter