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    Help deciding on motor for moving 1500lb shaft...?

    sreid, Thanks a lot for your feedback... I will be reasearching some more with the info you gave me... I will come back with questions later on...
  2. zyborg

    Help deciding on motor for moving 1500lb shaft...?

    Guys, Here is a preliminary moment of rotational inertia per the current design: 104 lb ft2 I look forward to a response from the bright people in this forum... Thanks in advance...
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    Help deciding on motor for moving 1500lb shaft...?

    Thank you for your feedback... Hopefully, tonight I will get more data, so that, I can calculate the moment of inertia. I had initially said that I need to rotate 45 degrees, but this is only on a special instance. The rest of the time, I have to rotate 90 degrees within 2 seconds. The...
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    Help deciding on motor for moving 1500lb shaft...?

    I am working on an application that requires moving a shaft (the shaft is not where all the weight is of course--there is other stuff attached to the shaft) 45 degrees on either direction (clockwise and counter-clockwise), stopping can be achieved with the help of a mechanical stop. It is...

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