Replacing DC motor with AC Motor

[Guest Charly]

Hi... I have Bollina cutter machine (cut to length machine for metal application) using dc motor complete with analog drive and ac tacho. I want to replace this dc motor using AC Motor (Inverter Duty, Baldor) and PowerFlex 700 Vector Control (complete with encoder and braking resistor). Could it works? Any idea or suggestion? Thank you. Charly

[bjclem 0]

yes you could use the powerflex 700 with the VC board that would work fine on you can go with the powerflex 700s but you will need a encoder and maybe a db or regen unit .