Yes, and before they came along we used "phase convertors" on single phase to do such applications as running an elevator(3-phase) in a residential neighborhood church.
They are a bit** to size properly and to get the ahj to authorize...the math is way too complicated for me...but engineers are cheap and slutty if you have cash money now and not the promise of payment on wednesday....(ok cheap shot and too obscure probably.....sigh)
Anyway yes it works fine....but you need engineering supervision.
