I am an electricain working on a project for a client. He purchased a tent washing machine which is nothing more than a large barrel full of water hooked up to a 5HP 3 phase motor via a direct drive.
The client only has single phase. I found a product by Teco called a fluxmaster 100 (http://www.tecowestinghouse.com/Manuals/FM100 Maintenance & Operations Manual.pdf) which will take care of his phase conversion (he's only single phase) and VFD needs.
The ideal situation would be to have start/stop/jog buttons. When start is pressed a cycle timer would begin (variable between say 15 and 120 minutes). The machine would slowly start (VFD) in forward...reach speed...run for say 5 minutes (again variable say between 1 and 15 minutes)...slow down to a stop...slow start in reverse...run for say 5 minutes...slow down to a stop...etc...until the cycle timer has timed out.
I am familiar with control circuits, but I have never had to build something like this. Does anyone either know how, or hopefully know of a product that may be on the market that can do this?
Lastly, I need a jog button for only one direction.
I appreciate any help any of you can offer.
The client only has single phase. I found a product by Teco called a fluxmaster 100 (http://www.tecowestinghouse.com/Manuals/FM100 Maintenance & Operations Manual.pdf) which will take care of his phase conversion (he's only single phase) and VFD needs.
The ideal situation would be to have start/stop/jog buttons. When start is pressed a cycle timer would begin (variable between say 15 and 120 minutes). The machine would slowly start (VFD) in forward...reach speed...run for say 5 minutes (again variable say between 1 and 15 minutes)...slow down to a stop...slow start in reverse...run for say 5 minutes...slow down to a stop...etc...until the cycle timer has timed out.
I am familiar with control circuits, but I have never had to build something like this. Does anyone either know how, or hopefully know of a product that may be on the market that can do this?
Lastly, I need a jog button for only one direction.
I appreciate any help any of you can offer.