conveyor motor

[STLfirewood]

I have around a 20ft-24ft conveyor I need to put an electric motor on. It's an old cord conveyor. It's only about 12" wide. What hp motor do I need. With a cent. clutch help me at all. I have seen a couple clutches that engage at 1200rpm and one that engages at 1700rpm. I though the 1700 would be to high.

Thanks Scott

 

[leon]

firewood conveyor

I have around a 20ft-24ft conveyor I need to
put an electric motor on.

It's an old cord conveyor.

It's only about 12" wide, what h.p., motor do I need?
Will a cent., clutch help me at all?

I have seen a couple clutches that engage at 1,200 r.p.m.,
and one that engages at 1,700 r.p.m.,
I though the 1700 would be to high.

Thanks Scott

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Hello Scott,



The last thing you need or want is a slip clutch
for a wood conveyor at any time.

You could use either a 1/2 horse or 3/4 horse
electric motor as the V belt and V Belt pulleys
will reduce the starting torque a huge amount.



What you actually need is to use are 2 V belt pulleys
properly sized to slow the electric motor down with the
smalle drive V belt pulley rotating the much larger driven
pulley. Any good farm shop or Graingers can sell you
the right size pulleys for this as you only want a very
low driven pulley speed of under one hundred feet
per minute to maintain the proper torque to drive the
head pulley or tail pulley drive set up with the elelctric
motor.

Edit: the Honda rngines with the reduction gear box are very
economical as far as purchase price and setting smaller pulleys
to deliver the rotary energy will be very easy as well as smaller
pulleys can be used.




leonopcorn::msp_thumbup:

 

[woodman6666]

You need a gear motor 1.5 hp or 1hp might do it. 1750 is WAY to fast and you will not get where you need to be with pulleys. If your processing into this conveyor I dont think you will be happy with 12" width, but if loading or splitting by hand it should work.

 

[leon]

If an electric motor or a gasoline engine for a flight conveyor
is used the speed reduction with V belt pulleys is very common.

THE LARGER THE DRIVEN PULLEY THE SLOWER THE CONVEYOR SPEED.


Many conveyors are still operated using A 540 P.T.O., from a farm tractor
as well.

A small V belt pulley is installed on the motor shaft or the gearbox shaft
and the larger pulley is installed to drive the flight chains.

It is something that is done all the time and very common with regard to
hay bale elevators and grain elevators.

 

[STLfirewood]

It already has a big pulley on it. The pulley is around 12''. I'll have a small pulley on the electric motor. My other conveyor has a slip clutch on it. It engages at 2k. I haven't had any trouble with it. I would actually like to slow it down a bit. but it does a good job. I'm only going tom use it to run off the end of the splitter and to unload the kiln. That's why I need electric. I can have a gas motor running in the kiln.


Scott

 

[leon]

motor

It already has a big pulley on it. The pulley is around 12''. I'll have a small pulley on the electric motor. My other conveyor has a slip clutch on it. It engages at 2k. I haven't had any trouble with it. I would actually like to slow it down a bit. but it does a good job. I'm only going tom use it to run off the end of the splitter and to unload the kiln. That's why I need electric. I can have a gas motor running in the kiln.


Scott

You can install a small pulley on the electric motor and still do it with no issues.

 

[Steve NW WI]

Most of the electric hay elevators I've seen had a double reduction, motor running a jackshaft (usually belt drive) - 5:1 reduction or so, then jackshaft to elevator drive shaft (normally chain drive) probably 4:1 or so, for a total reduction of 20:1 This will get you down to 180 rpm on the main shaft, belt speed will depend on the size of the drive pulley on the belt. 3/4 - 1hp motors were common on these.

I'd guess the clutch setup was for a gas motor. Idle=belt not running, WOT=belt running.

Woodman's gear motors are a pricey option. I'd go old school here.

 

[moonboy]

looking for a hydrulic motor for my convey with gas motor?