Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations waross on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Search results for query: *

  • Users: allan789
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. allan789

    rope tension across pulleys on a take up winch

    Hello All, We have several conveyors onsite which have a takeup winch to keep the belt tension is a specific band. We get the feedback from a strain guage at the fixed end of the rope and a load pin on the pully closest to the take up winch drum. These two tension feedbacks are averaged which...
  2. allan789

    Transformer HV terminal box breathers

    Hello all, On my site we are looking at installing silica breathers at the bottom of our transformer HV terminal boxes. We have had a few failures where water has ingresed into the terminal box and caused a flashover. The concept is that the breather at the bottom will let any water/moisture...
  3. allan789

    11kV Motor failing to start

    We have a 11kV, GEC, 6.5MW motor which is connected via a gearbox and pinion to a ball mill. The motor is soft started by a LRS. About a year and a half ago, April and again now yesterday the mill has gone for a start and has sat there not turning. It has sat there pulling 1800A until the...

Part and Inventory Search