Questions tagged [motors]
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off-scale torque measured - what is my torque arm?
I have assembled a benchtop torque measurement stand for evaluating electric motor and controller efficiency.
The motor is 49kV , 5kW brushless outrunner.
Input power reading is taken from motor ...
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BLDC motor - stator
Can someone help me with this stator? I need to know the relevance of the bump up the side of the stator highlighted in yellow as well as slots. Is it to do with startup? Also can you clarify written ...
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Generally speaking are inrunner motors better generators than outrunner motors or vice versa?
Using a motor as a generator but looking to test something
I understand that outrunners have a higher torque but would that be neccesarily good for generating electricity or not?
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BLDC Controller recommendations [closed]
Any suggestions for high voltage BLDC controllers i.e. 350VDC (rectified mains).
Is it a case of just using lower voltage controllers and upping the output stage to handle the higher voltage and ...
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How effective are pancake motors as generators and why
Using a motor as a generator but looking to test something
Why would or would they not be good generators
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Cheap electrical motor that can spin freely in both directions when unpowered
I am looking for a cheap (preferably under 2000 USD) electrical motor that can spin freely in either direction when the motor is unpowered. The motor will be used as an alternative source of power to ...
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The speed of induction motor in matlab is starting from synchronous speed
The speed of the induction motor is starting from around synchronous speed. The speed should start from zero. What is the reason behind that?
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Hub Mount Motor to Flange Mount
I have spec'd out a pneumatic motor with acceptable torque for a tension application. The motor has a 1.25" hub with set-screw indent for it's mounting method.
Since this a prototype system, I don'...
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Starting of direct current Motor
what happens if starting arm of starter does not return to "OFF" position after a temporary supply failure?
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Motor torque calculation, about the units
This link shows a motor torque, power, and speed relationship, as shown below:
With regards to its units, how does kW and RPM become equivalent to N.m?
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Borewell motor water outlet adjustment
Recently we put 500 feet borewell in our area, it's hot summer season now. Person who drilled the borewell told me that we can get 1.5 inch of water now. During winter season we can expect at least 2 ...
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Are stator magnets in brushed DC motors radially magnetised?
In an electric motor like this one, are the stator magnets radially magnetised, as in, each of the two magnets has opposite poles on the inside and outside diameter?
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How to connect a motor with a 4mm shaft to a propeller that takes 1/2 inch shaft?
I have a motor with a 4mm shaft. I've purchased a propeller that's designed to fit a 1/2 inch shaft. How can I securely couple the two?
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How to Wire a Brushless Motor with 8 stators?
I am currently for the past few years creating a Brushless Motor on and off. The stator I have built has 8 Stators and I cannot seem to find out how to wire this. I see most Brushless Motors with 9 ...
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Finding Supply/Nominal voltage for Torque Motor BLDC
I'm a bit confused by torque motors datasheets as it never mentions any nominal voltage. I would like to run a torque motor on a 24 V battery.
The required max torque is 150 Nm (=21000 ...
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How can I make a motor powered hammer swing more naturally than a Leonardo cam?
Most people are probably familiar with Leonardo hammer cams. But I'd like to make a motor-powered hammer that swings more like this (apologies for the crude diagram):
The hammer would fall due to ...
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What are the non-practical features of a sterling engine that cause the internal combustion engine to be used instead?
What are the non-practical features of a sterling engine that cause the internal combustion engine to be used instead (in a car)? (e.g. price, size, the power to weight ratio, etc.)
Can you name any ...
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PLEASE ANSWER Sterling vs Combustion Engine
This may be difficult to answer but, theoretically, if you had a car with a sterling engine that produces say approximately 300 horsepower how much of any specific heat source would need to be used if ...
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Is there a motor design where a rotor gradually moves into a stater?
I was wondering if there is a motor/generator design where the rotor moves gradually in and out of the stator along the axis of rotation, or the stator over the rotor. If so, I'd like some resource(s)...
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Which mounting bracket to use with a geared box?
Which 90 degree bracket would you use for this one? Do you have any suggestions for what i should be looking for, I find it very hard to find something. It is 5cm between all the outer holes.
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Pump Characteristic Curve
I am bit confused about the curve:
We could observe from the [Pump curve] that Total Head decreases with increase in flow rate, but for [System Curve], it is opposite, i.e, Total Head increases with ...
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Looking for a clamping actuator or back-driveable DC motor
I am a university student attempting to build a haptic feedback glove, and while I do have a main design using electroadhesion, it is a bit finicky, thus I am looking for alternatives for design.
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Is it possible to mechanically switch between rotational directions of an output shaft?
I know that it would not be possible while the input is still rotating, but is it possible to create a gear box or chain assembly that can change the direction of rotation?
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how to find the motor specification
I need a motor for my project. My aim is to move a 10 kg mass using a belt pulley system, with a velocity of 15km/hr to a distance of 3.6m. The maximum time for moving the same is 1.5 sec.
Can ...
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What kind of electric motors are used to build industrial robot arms?
I'm fascinated by how robot arm nowadays can combine precision with operating speed (e.g. KIRA by Motorized Precision).
I can imagine building a robot arm with stepper motors would be pretty precise ...
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Would some manufacturing processes be more efficient if driven differentially by a single motor, up to ~150 kW, than multiple lower-rated motors?
I'm writing a discussion paper on the potential energy efficiency benefits of integrating different manufacturing processes by co-location on the same site. One possible field for integration is in ...
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How to adjust power requirements for a propeller working against a pressure head
I'm in the process of building a hovercraft. In order to lift it, I'll need a motor directing the flow of air into a skirt. The specs for the motor I'm looking at say that it can turn a 15x5 dual-...
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PID control of a DC motor with PWM from Raspberry Pi - how to cross dead area?
I'm driving a DC motor (actually a linear actuator) with a Polulu motor controller from a Raspberry Pi. The motor drives if you ask for anything between 20 and 100% duty cycle, so there is a dead zone ...
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The torque I need to lift the device and correct gear ratio for the device to be as fast as possible
The device have to climb a pipe vertically. I have a DC motor with power rating 21.2 w, output speed 13360 rpm and maximum output torque 154.4 gcm.
My device is 1 kg and I have wheel with 0.012 m ...
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Calculating proper specs of DC motor for rig driven on the rope
I'm trying to build a cablecam, a picture that serves only for illustration is:
The DC motor is
48V
5000W
6000rpm
6000 oz-in stall torque
85% effiencity
0.066 Ohms Resistance
135Kv (RPM / Volt)
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Need help picking motor to wind a spool
The application is a motor attached to a spool to wind/unwind window blinds.
I would like to operate the motor at $v=0.2\text{ m/s}$, with a max load of 1.5 kg.
I need to know the ideal diameter ...
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How can you calculate the torque and speed of a single output gear being driven by two different input gears?
I am building a gearbox that needs to lift around 50lbs very rapidly. I already have a single planetary gearbox that does the job in around 7-10 seconds, but I would like to cut this time down ...
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What motors to use to guide tape with high speed
My field isn't dealing with motors and such at all, however, I now need to build something that controls two motors.
So I have two guiding reels with tape between them, similar to old tape recorders. ...
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Is the speed of a DC motor proportional to PWM?
I'm trying to control the speed of DC motor but unsure of the relationship between speed and PWM. I'm aware that the bigger the duty cycle, the larger the speed, but how exactly would this ...
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Example induction motor
I have three phase induction motor:
$U=6\text{ kV}$
$P=630\text{ kW}$
$f_1=50\text{ Hz}$
speed of rotor $n=1410\text{ rpm}$
Maximum moment is reached when $n=1120\text{ rpm}$. Now voltage and ...
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giga/tera hertz timer? super fast spinning disc?
How would I go about detecting a very small amount time dilation
I want to accelerate something and measure the time dilation even if I reach 1km/s time dilation is very small but it looks just ...
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Problem with transfer function in DC Motor
I'm trying to verify whether the transfer function in this control diagram is the one stated in this document.
I tried solving it and got this:
Shifting the armature current $$I_a$$ feedback point ...
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Choosing a proper BLDC motor for lab centrifuge
I'm trying to make a swing rotor centrifuge and find a proper BLDC motor to reach 6000G with capacity of 4x50ml Falcon tubes. I did the calculations roughly but I'm not so sure about them and also ...
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What kind of bearing should be used for free rotation under load?
Let's say I have a 300 rpm motor and a roller connected to it's shaft and I would like to use it for pulling fabric from a printer-kind machine. But think that printer's printing speed is changing ...
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Does the frequency of input voltage in induction motors have to be continuously altered?
I understand that for magnetic lines of the rotating magnetic field to cut the windings of the rotor (and induce current), the field has to rotate at a slightly higher rate than the rotor. But if we ...
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time interval selection for RMS of vibration
What is the general practice for selecting time interval for RMS calculation for vibration data (mm/s)
Should it be linked to the the frequency of the motor or the sampling rate?
Thanks!
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Individually Addressable Motor Strip
Can you make an individually addressable motor strip if you replace led with motors?
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Electric Motor Sizing : Understanding how much torque I need given Force
Physics has never been my strong point... I have a task to size a motor. The question is: Based on information below, how do I calculate required motor torque to accelerate a mass with the ...
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Calculating Minimum Gear Ratio To Lift Weight
I have a 337 watt motor, and want to lift ten pounds. What kind of gear ratio will I need for a gearbox I attach to this in order to lift the ten pounds at a constant speed?
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Which type of motor can I use for my project?
I am working on a project of linear positioning where a bed is coupled with a motor driven high pitch multi-start back driving lead screw. I need the bed to be freely moving when the motor is not ...
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clockwork motor output in joules formula
I'm trying to understand the output of clockwork coils in joules or watts for different coils. You know the pullback car or windup pocket watch mechanism. I have heard it also called power in the ...
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Understanding the torque of a motor/gearbox combo
Imagine a typical DC motor / planetary gear combos.
Is my thinking correct:
Say you have a 100 kg mass on a frictionless surface. The gearbox output shaft has a 0.10m arm with which you push the ...
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How to fix this gear
This is a gear that transfers force from a motorcycle kickstarter to the transmission. What method should I use to repair the missing teeth.
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Coupling two double shafted stepper motors in series [duplicate]
Coupling two identical double shafted stepper motors in series using two identical drivers will that double the torque?
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Inverter + Direct drive vs. Belt drive motor in washing machines?
What should I choose from today.
I am looking at washing machines, and I see that LG has this Inverter Direct Drive (6 motion cleaning) technology in their machines, I see that its not like a year ...
