On 02/12/2013 01:30 PM, Frank Shields wrote:
Building equipment for determining the hardness of pellets and biochar
I need something to turn a 9 kg box at a speed of 60 RPM +/- 1.
I have a 1/3^rd HP motor that is rated at 1725 RPM
Fitted with a 2" pulley attached to the motor and going to an 8"
pulley gives me a shaft turning 431 RPM
Then another 2" pulley going to an 8" pulley on another shaft gives me
108 RPM
I plan to adjust the 108 down to 60 using a voltage regulator.
Is this a good plan?
And is there another factor I need to include for the weight of the
box I am turning?
This is a BAD plan.
Your motor is probably speed controlled by line frequency, not voltage.
Cutting the voltage may or may not help, in fact, it can fry the motor
if the centrifugal switch does not kick out.
Get a 3 phase motor and a VFD and it will work well., but figure
$100-$200 MINIMUM for the VFD. The 3 phase motor will be fairly cheap.
Dave 8{)
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Mohandus Ghandi, An Autobiography, Page 446.
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