[DingbatCA]

Taking your advise Mactec54. I am heading down the upgrade path. I am looking at a spindle in the 3KW range.

Specifically looking at G-Penny's aliexpress store. But I have a few questions.

Do I care about a labyrinth seal VS stone working VS traditional spindle? I am mostly cutting hardwoods. I very rarely mess with aluminum.

What brand VFD? Fuling, HUANYANG, BEST, Mini? A few posts back you mentioned "VFD Drives Huanyang is still the best in the lower price range".

Any feed back would be appreciated. Now I just need to figure out how to get the shipping costs down.
Thanks

[mactec54]

Taking your advise Mactec54. I am heading down the upgrade path. I am looking at a spindle in the 3KW range.

Specifically looking at G-Penny's aliexpress store. But I have a few questions.

Do I care about a labyrinth seal VS stone working VS traditional spindle? I am mostly cutting hardwoods. I very rarely mess with aluminum.

What brand VFD? Fuling, HUANYANG, BEST, Mini? A few posts back you mentioned "VFD Drives Huanyang is still the best in the lower price range".

Any feed back would be appreciated. Now I just need to figure out how to get the shipping costs down.
Thanks

Yes, Huanyang still the best and easiest to configure of all the lower cost VFD Drives, you will have to use the 4Kw VFD for these higher Kw Spindles

This is where you want to be it's only a little more cost, Ceramic Bearings are what you want, don't read too much into the stone and metal cutting, the labyrinth seal is a plus even for wood working

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/32568...andl_shipto=US

[DingbatCA]

Thanks. I will save a bit more cash and buy the full 3.2KW package with ceramic brearings @ 220V.

[DingbatCA]

YAY! I now have the G-Penny 3.2KW spindle on my CNC. Doing the final wiring for the VFD (Huanyang 220v 4.0kw). I hope to start programing this week. It looks like many of the setting are the same as my old VFD, with obvious changes for voltage and power. Any advise on what settings I should change?

New settings, after a factory reset
PD013 = 8, Reset the VFD to factory defaults
PD001 = 1, 0-10V RPM control
PD002 = 1, Frequency from VI
PD005 = 400, Max Operating Frequency
PD004 = 400, Ref Operating Frequency
PD003 = 400, Main Operating Frequency
PD006 = 260, Intermediate Frequency (No love, maxes out at 15, default is 1)
PD007 = 20, Maximum frequency
PD008 = 240, Maximum voltage
PD009 = 78, Intermediate voltage (No love, maxes out at 30, default is 12.6)
PD011 = 120, Lower Frequency Limit
PD014 = 3, 3 second start up speed, default is 5
PD027 = 10, Starting Frequency
PD041 = 8, Carrier frequency
??PD141 = 220V, Rated Motor voltage (Label on the Spindle says 220V. Should I set this to 240V?)
PD142 = 3.2KW, Rated Motor Current
PD142 = 8, amp spindle
??PD143 = 2, number of spindle poles
PD144 = 2400, RPM 10X
??PD171 = 2, Set default display more to RPM

[DingbatCA]

Documentation is as much for me as anyone else who follows. Here is my working setup.

Mains wiring (USA Electrical)
R = L1 (Black)
S = L2 (Red)
T = L3 Neutral (White)
E = Earth Ground (Green)

Control wires:
FOR - Relay - DCM (When the relay is switch on, providing a sort between FOR and DCM, the spindle switches into Forward Run state)
ACM - 10V signal line Ground
VI - 0-10V RPM control. Provided by an external 0-10V controller.

Jumper:
Jumped across "VI"

Settings:
PD013 = 8, Reset the VFD to factory defaults
PD001 = 1, 0-10V RPM control
PD002 = 1, Frequency from VI
PD005 = 400, Max Operating Frequency
PD004 = 400, Ref Operating Frequency
PD003 = 400, Main Operating Frequency
PD007 = 20, Maximum frequency
PD009 = 15, Intermediate voltage
PD011 = 120, Lower Frequency Limit
PD014 = 5, 5 second start up speed
PD052 = 1, turn on FA-FB relay connection to provide on/off switch for the water pump when the spinel is in "RUN"
PD072 = 400, Higher Analog Frequency
PD141 = 220, Rated Motor voltage
PD142 = 15 (15A operating amperage)
PD143 = 2, number of spindle poles
PD144 = 3000, No clue why 3000=24000RPM. Go figure.

Huge disclaimer! These are the settings that work on my setup. They are in NO way tuned. Use at your own risk!