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Hi All,
I'm building a bandsaw and would like to incorporate some sort of speed reduction to match the 4-pole induction motor I have, with the desired driven wheel speed. Using different sized drive and driven pulleys if fine in theory, and 1:7 would be okay. However, the contact angle on the drive pulley will make slipage quite likely under load. Introducing idlers and/or intermediate pulleys is not really an option in this case, so I was looking for an alternative. I was thinking that by using an inverter to reduce the mains frequency to approximately a third, the induction motor speed should also reduce to a third. Does anyone out there have experience with this technique?
I'm building a bandsaw and would like to incorporate some sort of speed reduction to match the 4-pole induction motor I have, with the desired driven wheel speed. Using different sized drive and driven pulleys if fine in theory, and 1:7 would be okay. However, the contact angle on the drive pulley will make slipage quite likely under load. Introducing idlers and/or intermediate pulleys is not really an option in this case, so I was looking for an alternative. I was thinking that by using an inverter to reduce the mains frequency to approximately a third, the induction motor speed should also reduce to a third. Does anyone out there have experience with this technique?