Help needed, advice on dismantelking baring holder/ballscrew

[EddyCurrent]

I worked in an electrical department during the time of the "Y2K Millennium Bug", the company had hundreds of PLC's, variable speed drives AC and DC, PC SCADA systems. Large generators were hired in the event mains power went down, tests carried out indicated the equipment would operate okay from the generators however it was an interim plan and not designed as a long term solution.
If you were to calculate costs over time for fuel, servicing, etc. and if you wanted to take advantage of the machine in it's current state, I would think installing a 3 phase supply would be the best solution or it may be possible to hire a small workshop on an industrial estate that already has it installed.
The other option as Geoffrey mentioned would be to convert the machine to single phase but I'm certain you would struggle to provide enough kW to bring it up to it's present specification.

[GEOFFREY]

I'm sure that you will not get the machine to run on single phase as it is at present. It would mean sacrificing some some elements (reduced spindle power, smaller or no vac pump etc.), but I suspect that the cost and other problems of installing 3phase or using a large generator is likely to rule out keeping the machine as 3phase. I am fairly sure that from what has been said a small unit with 3ph already installed will also be a non-starter, and anyway I know that you , your friends and neighbours will not relish the idea of moving that beast again. These machines are likely to have have a power requirement of at 10-12KVA and I think you will find that is "pushing" your luck if you try to run it on single phase in its current configuration. G.