How do you get an electric motor to do this?
How do you get an electric motor to do this?
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Hello, we are assembling 1.5" OD brass tubing, one end is threaded, into a female threaded brass fitting. (Plumbing application). We want to automate it, by holding the tubing with an air actuated collet check, then spining the collet chuck until the fitting is tightened onto the tubing. We want to use an electric motor that will stop the tightening when it reaches 30 ftlbs of torque. Where would we find such a motor or motor controller combination?





RE: How do you get an electric motor to do this?
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RE: How do you get an electric motor to do this?
For example, say you 10 lb ft of torque and the motor you choose develops a stall torque 4 lb ft at 20 volts DC, then the voltage you would need would be
10/4*20=50 volts.
In the application the voltage could be ramped up to the final value at a rate depending on the rotational speed you need. Some of the background for this follows:
If you write the equations of a DC motor, viz
V=IR+K1S
T=K2I
where
R= armature resistance
S=speed
T=torque
V =terminal voltage
K1= constant
K2 = torque constant
From these equations, tyhe stall torque (S+0) is
Tstall=K2V/R which demonstrates the proportionality of T vs V.
RE: How do you get an electric motor to do this?