Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
A good point as a compressor and chiller w/ mini quartz flashback(by the way what is the amp draw?) is likely to be similar to a full size flash.
Is there any press out there that will run on 1 phase that have servo drive and electric heads....or is this out of the question???Jon
for a single phase flash drop with a rating of 72A, he'd have to go with a 2GA cable to be within code.
When you dig into many presses they are built for single phase anyway. Three major system. Controls are 24v so they use a transformer, print heads run off inverters being supplied single phase then converts it to 3 for speed and direction control and the servo amp which craves good voltage and current, single works fine for this. You typical 7.5 hp compressors single phase is 30a but once started drops way off and consider its not running constantly maybe 30% of the time. Chillers draw maybe 1-2a, cycling ones are only running as needed. A quarts flash drawing 70a will fall off quickly once warmed up, so you are not drawing 70a continuously. Energy is energy, amount consumed will pretty much be a constant be it a press and compressor or just a press.
FWIW the Calmat flashes are 50 amps for 18x20 area single phase.And faster than the MSI's we have that are three phase.Downside being that they achieve this with carbon element lamps thatare ~$700 each.
6, running longways for some reason.