Hello. I work in a lumber mill in Oregon and need some help with a machine design. We have a 80ft. drum debarker that we are installing. The drive is a 300hp 1180rpm motor to a torque converter coupling and then to a gearbox with a 9.406 ratio. We would like to use a VFD drive on the motor to get our motor output to about 700rpm. I worry that the torque converter will not lock up at that speed and wonder why we need it if we use the VFD to slowly ramp up the drive. Is the torque converter just for a "soft start" or is there another reason to use it in this application?
Thank you,
David Cassano
Hydraulic Torque Converter
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