Cuarto año Drives · tool
VFD frequency and speed calculator
Enter the motor’s nameplate base frequency, speed and voltage. Then give a drive frequency to get the shaft speed, or a target speed to get the frequency to set — with the V/Hz and the voltage the drive will put out.
- Velocidad estimada del eje—
- Frecuencia a ajustar—
- Velocidad síncrona a esa frecuencia—
- Polos / deslizamiento de placa—
- Volts por hertz—
- Tensión de salida aproximada—
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How it works
- Ns = 120 × f ÷ Psynchronous speed at the drive frequency
- N ≈ Ns − nameplate slipconstant-torque estimate
- f = (N + slip) × P ÷ 120frequency for a target speed
- V/Hz = V rated ÷ f baseV out ≈ V/Hz × f below base
Worked: 60 Hz, 1750 rpm, 460 V motor run at 45 Hz
- 1750 rpm on 60 Hz is a 4-pole motor (1800 rpm synchronous); nameplate slip = 50 rpm.
- At 45 Hz: Ns = 120 × 45 ÷ 4 = 1350 rpm; shaft ≈ 1350 − 50 = 1300 rpm.
- V/Hz = 460 ÷ 60 = 7.67; output ≈ 7.67 × 45 = 345 V.
Preguntas frecuentes
Why does the speed drop a little more than the frequency suggests?
An induction motor always runs below synchronous speed by its slip, and at a given load torque the slip in rpm stays roughly the same as the frequency changes. So at 30 Hz a 1750 rpm motor runs about 900 − 50 = 850 rpm, not half of 1750. This tool uses the nameplate slip as that estimate; a drive in sensorless-vector mode compensates for much of it.
What is volts per hertz?
The ratio of rated voltage to rated frequency — 460 ÷ 60 ≈ 7.67 V/Hz for a 460 V, 60 Hz motor. Keeping that ratio constant keeps the magnetic flux in the motor constant, so it can make full torque at lower speeds without saturating. A drive in V/Hz mode lowers its output voltage in step with frequency below base speed.
What happens above base frequency?
The drive cannot give more than its supply voltage, so above base frequency the voltage stays at rated while the frequency rises. Volts per hertz falls, the flux weakens, and the available torque drops roughly in proportion — the motor is in its constant-horsepower region. Whether the motor and the load are safe at that speed is a question for the motor and machine makers.
Ver también
- How a VFD works — the lesson behind this tool
- VFD parameters and troubleshooting
- Velocidad síncrona y deslizamiento de un motor
- Rusty on VFDs?
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