The question should be more accurate. You have got a centrifugal air blower driven by a Universal AC-motor from normal mains supply. How will the typical flow/pressure characteristics look like? A Universal AC-motor got variable speed. A typical example of such an air blower is the motor of a...
Before I even considered calculating, and for a small project I ordered two kind of steel rings from here:
http://www.gsproducts.co.uk/stainless-steel-roundrings/
Some 4 x 40 mm rings and 5 x 50 mm rings, and they have specified breaking strengths of 800 kgf and 1600 kgf.
I decided to make...
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Please see attached drawing.
I am going to use a M12 eye bolt DIN 580. And the force is applied parallel to the base plate. You can find specifications on the eye bolts here:
DIN 580 Eye bolt spec
The WLL for the eye bolt is 1700 N, and normally the breaking strength is 5 times...
I am trying to improve an air pump to an gymnastics airtrack regarding the pressure drop in the pipes. In general the system consists of a vacuum cleaner motor, some 2" pipes, valve, T's and flexible 2" PVC hoses with Camlock connectors.
I have tried to calculate the pressure loss using these...
