DC electric motor for manufacturing cart
DC electric motor for manufacturing cart
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Hi,
I'm new to the engineering world and am trying to select a motor for an application I am designing. I am trying to motorize a cart that weighs about 500 pounds and carries loads of up to 2000 pounds. The wheels on the cart are only 6 inches in diameter. Due to the enclosed facilites where this cart is used, the motor needs to be DC electric as to not give off any fumes. I am looking at trying to incorporate a "self-propelled" lawnmower type of system. In this case the motor would have to go about 800 rpms and some kind of belt drive would be used. I was just wondering if there was a motor out there that would pull such a heavy thing. The cart is 25 1/4" by 30 1/4". Any help about this or where to start my search would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Stelz00
I'm new to the engineering world and am trying to select a motor for an application I am designing. I am trying to motorize a cart that weighs about 500 pounds and carries loads of up to 2000 pounds. The wheels on the cart are only 6 inches in diameter. Due to the enclosed facilites where this cart is used, the motor needs to be DC electric as to not give off any fumes. I am looking at trying to incorporate a "self-propelled" lawnmower type of system. In this case the motor would have to go about 800 rpms and some kind of belt drive would be used. I was just wondering if there was a motor out there that would pull such a heavy thing. The cart is 25 1/4" by 30 1/4". Any help about this or where to start my search would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Stelz00





RE: DC electric motor for manufacturing cart
Is this going to be battery powered or can it follow a track?
Barry1961
RE: DC electric motor for manufacturing cart
RE: DC electric motor for manufacturing cart
As a rule you want your motor spinning at top speed at the carts top speed. A gear reduction may help your design and improve response by reducing the reflected inertia.
I think Briggs and Stratton make "golf cart" motors and controls named E-Tek. If you already have some electric vechicals,(lift trucks), you may want to use the same voltage/batteries. If this is in house only you may be able to find a used drive at a fork lift repair shop.
5 mph sounds fast to me, but I am old and fat.
Barry1961
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RE: DC electric motor for manufacturing cart
Stelz00
RE: DC electric motor for manufacturing cart
http://www.greenspeed.us/wavecrest_electric_motor.htm