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jgayetty
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Hello,
I am working on a home hobby project and I need a motor to move an approx 1000lb weight back and forth - similar motion to a pendulum - at a rate of about once every 4 seconds. The problem is, I don't know how powerful the motor has to be to accomplish this. And since gear motors are pretty expensive ($200-$800) I decided it may be best not to "guess" and be wrong on the motor size needed.
I have been looking at a gearmotor (12 rpm) made by Dayton that has 600 inch pounds of force. But again, I am guessing as to the size I need. I was hoping I would find a kind soul on this forum to help me narrow down how many inch pounds of force I need.
Here is a PDF drawing I made that shows what I am talking about.
http://www.yozod.com/doc.pdf
I appreciate any and all help!
Thanks!
Joe
I am working on a home hobby project and I need a motor to move an approx 1000lb weight back and forth - similar motion to a pendulum - at a rate of about once every 4 seconds. The problem is, I don't know how powerful the motor has to be to accomplish this. And since gear motors are pretty expensive ($200-$800) I decided it may be best not to "guess" and be wrong on the motor size needed.
I have been looking at a gearmotor (12 rpm) made by Dayton that has 600 inch pounds of force. But again, I am guessing as to the size I need. I was hoping I would find a kind soul on this forum to help me narrow down how many inch pounds of force I need.
Here is a PDF drawing I made that shows what I am talking about.
http://www.yozod.com/doc.pdf
I appreciate any and all help!
Thanks!
Joe