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Author Topic: Suggestions for Motor & AC Drive for Simplex PR-1014/5-Star Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-19-2008 02:10 PM                  Looking for suggestions of what and where to purchase a 3-Phase Motor and a Variable Frequency AC Drive for a Simplex PR-1014 with a 5-Star soundhead. Input to the motor drive should be 120vac/60Hz/1-phase and output should be 230/240vac 3-phase with about a 1/2 hp rating. The motor drive should have a Sine-Wave (PWM) output with a stable output and have provisions to set the operational drive frequency and the Acceleration/Deceleration Time. Please list your suggestions, pro and cons, and links here. Thanks!  |  IP: Logged Michael Moore Expert Film Handler Posts: 188 From: Dover, DE / USA Registered: Jun 2006 posted 05-19-2008 02:12 PM                        check of the VFD on ebay...  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-19-2008 10:39 PM                     For the motor, I would go to Strong. The trick is the 1/2" shaft...the motor frame that Simplex uses normally comes with 5/8" shafts and that is a bit large for the 18-tooth pulley that a 5-star prefers. Strong has the motor that is a drop in replacement to the standard sync motor. Currently, it is Leeson motor...we haven't had any particular problems with them. For motor controller...there are a slew of them out there but I've been pleased with those from TB Woods and Lenze. My favorite TB Woods, the microdrive has been canned (probably a victum of RoHS)...it was accurate...changed its frequency as need so it ran SUPER quiet (no whine as associated with most inverters) but always had the needed torque. The Lenze that I've been happy with is from their "SMV" series. http://www.actech.com/cgi-bin/site.pl?smv~i I would recommend going to a full HP though for the Simplex or Century. You don't want to over-current the system on start up...once running though...even a 1/4HP will do. Depending on your ramp up speed, 1/2HP will over-current. Things I like about the SMV...controllable either on its own panel or remotely (can use your standard motor start switch of your chosing), 7 presetable speeds and/or variable, can reconfigure display to read in frames-per-second, seems to be pretty darn accurate...when checking with a strobe, the machines we have used it on run exactly at 24fps with seemingly little or no drift (according to the strobe). Steve  |  IP: Logged Sean McKinnon Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1712 From: Peabody Massachusetts Registered: Sep 2000 posted 05-20-2008 07:36 AM                        quote: Steve Guttag Currently, it is Leeson motor...we haven't had any particular problems with them. I greatly prefer the "Leeson" motors over the "Bodine" motors any day! I think they are of a much better quality and seem to have far less issues with over heating.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 05-20-2008 03:10 PM                  Steve, thanks for the info! I bought the 1 hp version of the SMV inverter drive as you suggested. From the Lenze website and the SMV series data sheet, it looks to be a really nice unit as well as reasonably priced. Now, to find a part number and a source for the correct Leeson 3-phase motor that both you and Sean recommend. Oh! And at a reasonable cost!  |  IP: Logged

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