Historical Westinghouse Motor Information

[CABaker]

Reaching out to see if anyone has any references to determine the weight of an old 600 HP, 2300V, 151A, 3 Phase Westinghouse synchronous motor. I've contacted various sources at Westinghouse (or their related company today), done a reasonable amount of web searching and have had no luck. Nameplate attached for information.

 

[jraef]

That division of Westinghouse became Teco/Westinghouse Motors, Canada about 30+ years ago. Have you tried them? I used to do some stuff with them in the mid 90s, they still had a LOT of old Westinghouse drawings and data sheets at that time. I even did a project with an old Westinghouse 2300V motor once in Portland, OR that my customer got from a bone yard and they wee able to get drawings and data sheets for me. They may want to be paid for them though, so be prepared for that.

http://www.tecowestinghouse.ca/

" We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know." -- W. H. Auden

 

[dArsonval]

I would take jraef's answer as useful and authentic.

Also adding, you will not know the TOTAL weight of the machine until the entire apparatus is actually weighed.
Large motors, and generators are often dismantled on site, and transported in pieces to a repair facility.

What I would do to narrow down your search would be to contact repair facilities whom have
actually worked on equipment of this nature.

Most, (if not ALL) Internet answers to this question are going to be erroneous and not reliable information.

Call/contact repair shops on both coasts of the United States, and pluck a few from the Midwest, and average the answers you’re given… if they are willing to give you a guess at all.

In clicking on this [Historical] question, I was expecting to see a photo of a “metal casting” name plate.
The stamped nameplate reveals the machine is not as old… as [old] is.

John

 

[JG2828]

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[edison123]

Since these are custom built machines, a photo of the motor would help in a guesstimate more than that of the nameplate. If you want accuracy, weigh the motor with a crane scale.

Muthu

http://www.edison.co.in

 

[CABaker]

Thank you all for the responses - that points me in the right direction. Forgive my ignorance on electrical items - I'm a humble structural guy.

 

[CABaker]

This is the motor.

 

[edison123]

My guesstimate is 7 to 8 tons.

Off the topic - An open type motor in that environment? The end user is brave indeed.

Muthu

http://www.edison.co.in

 

[waross]

I don't think that the motor/compressor was used in that environment.
That looks like the boneyard.
With the integral compressor and connected vessel I would guess up to as high as 15 tons.

Bill
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Jimmy Carter

 

[prc]

One of the problems users face is to know the weight of copper and electrical steel in old electrical equipment so that they can estimate correct salvage value. Some years back I made a rough formula to estimate copper and core weights from the name plate details of power transformers. Since then I have been advocating to users in India to insist for a salvage plate for all their new transformers,indicating net weight of copper, electrical steel, steel and oil inside the transformer.