What motor would go with this pump?

[EngUU]

Hi everyone,

So Im learning about picking pumps and appropriate dc motors to go along with it.

I was looking at this pump

http://www.metaris.com/pdfs/HG_Metaris_MA10VO_TechnicalCatalog_web.pdf.

The technical data is on page 5.

But Im having trouble finding a dc motor that makes sense. I need it to provide at max power of at least 20 KW but finding a motor that matches up with this pump gives me a motor of like 800 lbs. Im not quite sure what Im doing wrong. Does it seem reasonable that for a motor to provide this much power i would have to be so large?

 

[itsmoked]

Yep. That's about 30hp. Non trivial.

3ph AC motors run between 450lbs and 900lbs at 30HP. Seems right to me.

Keith Cress
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