matsuura mc500v mill - VFD advice for spindle motor 80's yaskawa UAASE-5K)

Hi,

Will my chinese vevor style VDF safely drive this spindle?
Spindle weighs about 80kg, it's 5kw, nameplate attached, I've worked out the motor specs from the name plate and doco I can find on the old driver and it seems to be:
Max Hz = 137Hz
Max V = 160v
Peak current = 32A
Speed = 120-4000rpm

I've read that the spindle is a squirrel motor design (I'm not 100% confident on that) and that style of motor is very commonly controlled with VFD's with the appropriate considerations for: bearings, spindle grounding and insulation rating of F due to the high voltages (mine is only E rated).

Wiring wise it's got 5 wires, 3 power and an NC thermal switch, bearings seem good and it was running when I picked up the machine.  I can't find a specific manual for the spindle motor, whilst I can find doco that is close in the number but they're nothing like my motor.  So I started looking at the old driver for specs, it's a Yaskawa CPCR-QR90SF-4k, and like the motor I can't find the exact manuals for it but this seems v'close ( www.yaskawa.com/delegate/getAttachment?d...ntName=DE6429218.pdf )

The VFD I purchased seems a pretty generic vevor 7.5kw VFD, It doesn't look like I can control the voltage only the frequency.
www.vevor.com.au/variable-frequency-driv...phase-p_010337363762

I've mesg'd Yaskawa for specs and don't have a response as yet and I honestly don't really expect one.

From an electrical engineering PoV I'm pretty sure they will say the motor isn't designed for it so don't do it, which I get but that means I need to buy another motor or use all the old electronics and I'm not keen on either.  In practice others may have had good experiences (or bad) with a similar setup.  I'm tempted to just 'try it' with no load, then increase the load and keep an eye on it but I'm keen to know if any others have experience with this or similar?

Thx in advance,
Cam.
 

The insulation class is for temperature, not voltage.  In your case "E" is 120C, and "F" is 155C.

If it were me, I'd run it on that VFD and see if the smoke comes out.image missing /media/kunena/emoticons/wink.png

There's probably a parameter to adjust the max voltage for the motor in the VFD.

Minor problem you might run in to is that it has a resolver on it (if my ebay-fu is strong) rather than an encoder.  So you can't just easily hook it up to LCNC for feedback.  A separate belt-driven encoder on the spindle might be an easier option, especially if you're using poly-v belts and not a timing belt.

Ignore my comment about a separate encoder - didn't realize it's for a mill.

Shouldn't be miserable to yank the resolver and fit an encoder under the end cover.  I had good luck with a US Digital E6 - they've got a bunch of hub sizes available for different motor shafts.

You can see in the driver's documentation that the maximum current is much lower. One is driving a 3.7 kW motor (200V) with a 7.5 kW Delta driver. It doesn't work well. An alarm is triggered under heavier load. I think you need a much larger driver.

You're ebay fu was bang on, I was planning to remove the resolver and put an encoder in it's place, thx for the tip re the US Digital E6.

Thx for the advice much appreciated.
Hmm "Delta driver" sounds like my next rabbit hole to read-up and educate myself on.