Will an inverter take out the spikes

[Engineer54]

He or she will advice you further to avoid any financial pitfall as there are as many inverter types as applications.

Couldn't agree more with that quote!! lol!!!

 

[Knobhead]

An engineer from a company won’t cost, and can be held accountable if what’s supplied doesn’t perform. A freelance will cost and advise will likely be biased by commission rates.

The inverter route is to be avoided, get the machine loading right first.

 

[malcoa]

Thanks for your input guys, i think for my own piece of mind, i'll try a new ammeter first to be sure that what i am seeing is accurate-you never know.
Failing that, i will get a drives specialist in an see what he suggests.
i'll keep you posted

 

[netblindpaul]

An engineer from a company won’t cost, and can be held accountable if what’s supplied doesn’t perform. A freelance will cost and advise will likely be biased by commission rates.

The inverter route is to be avoided, get the machine loading right first.

Tony,
i wish I knew where freelancers can get commission on sales of drive equipment to end users!
There are not many equipment manufacturers that will do that for anyone bar their dealers or re-sellers.
Certainly not for freelance engineers, Indramat (Bosch Rexroth) is one that will not for sure.
I find that comment very odd.
Any one giving professional advice as to the suitability of equipment and undertaking design and consultancy work should be competent to do so & be covered by suitable professional indemnity insurance such that the end client gets what they need even if the advice given is unsound.
What you are suggesting smacks of commission based salesmen, which are often employed by the equipment manufacturers and dealers, a freelance engineer, cannot afford to give duff advice, else "he" will soon lose his clientèle.

 

[Knobhead]

Retained or freelance, why involve either when all in-house options haven't been explored. I know my former employers would take a dim view of me calling in outside help to be told "change the ammeter".
I've worked with high inertia and high impact drives long enough to suspect a common fault. A modern meter will not withstand the abuse these drives impose.
My preference would be for an air-damped meter, but they are a rarity.

 

[malcoa]

just to provide some closure on this thread guys, the business is buying a new machine to cope with an increase of productivity.
Thank you all for your input

 

[Knobhead]

Thank's for getting back Malcoa. We're left in the dark normally.