Ok got the spec sheets and the motor.
Moog D315-007B Brushless DC Servomotor (Resolver with IP65 housing)
Cont Stall Torque: 5.5 Nm, 48.675 in lbs, 4 ft lbs
Continuous Stall Current: 12.4 A
Peak Torque: 16 Nm
Nominal Speed: 4900 Rpm
Terminal Resistance: 0.88 ohms
Here is the Duty Cycle graph and graph legend as attachments. The current motor is a 3 phase 208 2hp 2500Rpm Chinojunk special, so this Moog will pull the teeth out of the AC motor at any RPM, and has a top end RPM that's almost double the speed. What's left is:
Deciding whether to mount an encoder (mounting will be difficult, and I'm worried about slop in the gear head, so I'm thinking I might need the encoder on the spindle itself), or go with some kind of Resolver to encoder converter board;
Sourcing a drive that will do 310VDC at 15 amps peak and 5.5 amps continous;
Finding a power supply.
Recommendations?
David