Need Help Figuring out what this is?
Need Help Figuring out what this is?
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This is some kind of electric motor device that converts 1 HP into 3 HP somehow. Does anyone know what this is? any help will be appreciated.
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RE: Need Help Figuring out what this is?
rmw
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I think we call that a 2hp electric motor.
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Greg Locock
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My guess is that it is some sort of hydraulic torque converter and transmission.
RE: Need Help Figuring out what this is?
It looks like a nice old thing, but it'll be a torque multiplier and speed reduced, not a power increaser.
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Greg Locock
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RE: Need Help Figuring out what this is?
Besides, the seller's only asking $30, and you can probably haggle him down to half of that. Buy it and take it apart to see how it works. If you're a real gearhead, that $15 purchase will keep you entertained for hours. Well worth it!
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As far as other guesses, why would a variable speed traction drive have tubes that look like fuel lines? Or are those hydraulic lines?
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Based on the look of the big-honkin' casting on the side, it looks like there is some SERIOUS fluid flow through this thing.
Perhaps a gear pump on one shaft and a variable-displacement pump on the other? Vice-versa?
Are the spring and lever controlling some sort of valve block on the top of the monster?
Perhaps it's a fluid coupler and hydraulic motor setup?
I could only see one copper line coming out with that compression fitting on it. If you have two of those copper lines coming out, then you'll probably need to hook them up to a radiator. If you only have one copper line coming out, then it's probably a hydraulic controller to dictate what kind of input-to-output ratio you have.
-T
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The guy who wrote the power specs is playing a prank. The writing suggests it.
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Over the years I've seen numerous variable speed drives both mechanical and hydraulic come and go. It is possibly a variation on the ubiquitous PIV drive.
RE: Need Help Figuring out what this is?
Is it possible you are looking at this thing backwards, and that it converts 3HP into 1HP? A lot of worm drives can do that!
JHG