In an interesting garage application, the owner of a milling machine has installed an IMO Jaguar CUB to provide electronic variable speed control for his machine.

High torque application like a lathes and milling machines generally require a three phase electrical supply and motor. Fitting a dual voltage three phase motor enables users to run from either a single phase or a three phase supply, with the Jaguar CUB use controlling the speed.

Using a variable speed inverter drive to control the speed of provides high levels of control and accuracy that are not available with fixed speed/gearbox driven devices.  They provide smooth acceleration, better positioning, reduced noise levels and improve the ability to control the quality of the machined product.

The IMO Jaguar CUB offers high functionality, a compact design and simple operation.  In addition to machine tools, it meets the needs of other high performance machines and equipment such as conveyors, fans, pumps, centrifugal separators and food processing machines.

The IMO family of inverter drives has been developed over twenty five years.  They have high specification; are built to last, and include a five year warranty as standard.

See the garage application at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5TstpkDdIQ

Specification of the IMO Jaguar Cub

General Purpose single phase 240V from 0.4 to 2.2kW and three phase 380-480V 0.4 to 4kW.
-Choice of integrated EMC filter or non-filtered models
-Simplified vector control, programmable I/O, 50°C operation,
-Class leading diagnostics
-On-board brake chopper
-Input and Output phase-loss protection.

-Earth and short circuit -Fault protection.
-CE, UL, cUL, TUV European and International approvals
-RS485 / Modbus RTU as optional card
-Remote mounting keypad with on-board parameter copy function
-Over and under current early warning system + PID control
-Loader PC software

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