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Air drived motor

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robinxie

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I need a guildline how to estimate airflow for an air drived backup motor when I know the electrical motor size is 100hp. Thx a lot.
 
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hello,

try Ingersol-Rand, Atlas-Copco, Cooper and others.

regards,
roker
 
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I have used many pneumatic motors in the past but not one as big as yours. The maximum HP I used was about 3 and it was consuming about 15 scfm. Festo can give you ideas about calculation of cfm.

 
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Thx for all your info. The motor is 1 hp. Sorry for confusing you.
 
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