Abstract: A drive equipment includes a transformer, a power converter, and a control system. The transformer is configured with a primary winding and a secondary winding, and a winding of an electric motor is connected to the secondary winding. The power converter causes a current to flow through the primary winding of the transformer. The control system performs constant current control on the power converter during a period of a first stage after startup of the electric motor is instructed, to reduce a variation in a current flowing through the primary winding of the transformer, and controls the power converter through variable voltage variable frequency control of the electric motor in a second stage after the first stage.