What's in the box and where it bolts up
The VFD022CB23A-20: Enclosure rating is IP20 / UL Open Type, which keeps the chassis out of washdown zones and confines the install to a clean control panel or a wall-mounted cubicle with filtered airflow.
Ratings that decide the fit
The 16 A input current figure on a 230 V three-phase rail is the sizing number for the feeder, breaker, and reactor upstream of the drive — wire it for continuous duty, not the motor FLA alone. The drive applies across the C200 control set: V/F, sensorless vector (SVC), V/F with encoder feedback, and field-oriented control with PG, so the same unit covers fan/pump V/F duty and closed-loop vector work without a firmware swap. Torque limit caps at 200% of rated current, which is the headroom figure for high-inertia starts, conveyors under shock load, and mixers that stall briefly before breaking free. Maximum output frequency reaches 600.00 Hz in normal duty and 300.00 Hz in heavy duty, so high-speed spindle and blower applications stay inside the drive envelope without an external frequency multiplier.
Where it sits in the C200 line
Inside the same 230 V three-phase C200 wall-mount family, the 2 HP (1.5 kW) sibling drops to a 12 A input current and the 5 HP (3.7 kW) sibling steps up to 20 A — the 16 A figure on VFD022CB23A-20 lands cleanly between them for a 3 HP load. The 460 V cousin sits at 4.0 kW on a 15.5 A input, identical footprint and chassis, and only the input voltage rail changes.