Selecting motor and gearbox
Selecting motor and gearbox
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I need to review some criteria for design of electrically-driven machines, especially for proper selection of electric motors and gearboxes.
I know some of this stuff from an university course that I took some years ago, in Italy. I have some resources in italian but now I would like to study from a textbook in english.
I searched very long without finding anything that fits. Is it possible that this topic is not covered in american/british engineering programs? It sounds very unlikely to me.
Could you please suggest a good textbook for mechanical or mechatronic engineering students about the design of electrically-driven machines? Thanks in advance!
I know some of this stuff from an university course that I took some years ago, in Italy. I have some resources in italian but now I would like to study from a textbook in english.
I searched very long without finding anything that fits. Is it possible that this topic is not covered in american/british engineering programs? It sounds very unlikely to me.
Could you please suggest a good textbook for mechanical or mechatronic engineering students about the design of electrically-driven machines? Thanks in advance!





RE: Selecting motor and gearbox
Considering gearmotors, their task is to deliver a specified torque at a specified RPM. So your task is to calculate the maximum torque needed for your application. I suggest you find and study Engineering & Applications Guides from gearmotor manufacturers like SEW Eurodrive, Dodge, Nord, others. I recall that years ago SEW had a very detailed Engineering Guide used for sizing exercises for their gearmotors.
TygerDawg
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RE: Selecting motor and gearbox
With regards to electric motor selection - I didn't find anything with detailed guidance for selection, but "Mechatronics" (6th ed, Bolton) was useful for understanding how each type works and some factors affecting selection.
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I second the vote for Shigley's book for the mechanics.
STF
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I also searched a little further by my own and I found "Mechatronics with experiments" by S. Cetinkunt. Section 3.6 is titled "Actuator sizing" and it seems ok, but I haven't read it carefully, yet.
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What is it you are trying to figure out? The mechanics of machines needed to understand gearboxes is not very complicated. An off the shelf gearbox is a black box, with gear ratio, efficiency, maximum speed, maximum, torque, mounting holes, and input and output shafts or connections. You should not really care what is inside.
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JHG
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RE: Selecting motor and gearbox
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And the torque capacity must exceed anything that can be applied externally.
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JHG