Dc Geared Motor

[Jye]

Hey Brewers,

Does anyone know of an Australian supplier of DC geared motors? Ive found some at Jaycar and Ocean Controls but would like one a bit beefier and around the 100rpm range.

Cheers
Jye

 

[Ross]

Jye,

May have just what you are looking for - Give me a call 07 32877225.

cheers Ross

 

[user 384]

Hey Brewers,

Does anyone know of an Australian supplier of DC geared motors? Ive found some at Jaycar and Ocean Controls but would like one a bit beefier and around the 100rpm range.

Cheers
Jye

Hi Jye

I presume you're looking to use this to drive a mill. If so, from what I've read you should be looking at a motor with around 60kg/cm torque (equivalent to 5.9 Nm or 52lbs/in).

If the specs are correct the Jaycar model MO-203 should do the trick at 50kg/cm and 140rpm. Next issue would be a power supply, it might be 12V but under full load it would draw 11.7A. A computer power supply unit (PSU) could probably do the job.

I'm a bit sceptical about the Jaycar motor, it's hard to see how this little unit lasting the distance under heavy load for any extended period of time.

A lot of people use a car wiper motor, as it has loads of torque, but it's on the slow side.

Cheers
MAH

 

[AndrewQLD]

Hey Jye,
Try Here geared motor

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Doogiechap]

G'day Jye,
It may be worth your while ringing around repair shops for mobility devices to track down an old elec wheelchair/ scooter motor. I came across a few a while ago (Andrew QLD was interested in one but freight was a killer). Anyway they run at about 120RPM at 24V and have a stack of torque. There are now a 3-4 Perth brewers running their grain mills of these.
Cheers
Doug

 

[Jye]

Hi Jye

I presume you're looking to use this to drive a mill. If so, from what I've read you should be looking at a motor with around 60kg/cm torque (equivalent to 5.9 Nm or 52lbs/in).

If the specs are correct the Jaycar model MO-203 should do the trick at 50kg/cm and 140rpm. Next issue would be a power supply, it might be 12V but under full load it would draw 11.7A. A computer power supply unit (PSU) could probably do the job.

I'm a bit sceptical about the Jaycar motor, it's hard to see how this little unit lasting the distance under heavy load for any extended period of time.

A lot of people use a car wiper motor, as it has loads of torque, but it's on the slow side.

Cheers
MAH

Cheers Mah, Im after one to run my pump and I couldnt see the jaycar motor going the distance. At the moment Im using a windscreen motor but its a bit slow.

G'day Jye,
It may be worth your while ringing around repair shops for mobility devices to track down an old elec wheelchair/ scooter motor. I came across a few a while ago (Andrew QLD was interested in one but freight was a killer). Anyway they run at about 120RPM at 24V and have a stack of torque. There are now a 3-4 Perth brewers running their grain mills of these.
Cheers
Doug

Doug I remember those from a while ago and would probably be ideal, might have a ring around next week unless someone has a spare

 

[glenos]

It may be worth your while ringing around repair shops for mobility devices to track down an old elec wheelchair/ scooter motor. I came across a few a while ago (Andrew QLD was interested in one but freight was a killer). Anyway they run at about 120RPM at 24V and have a stack of torque.

I've got one that is spare, freight Tas-Bris would suck.

If anyone in tas wants one drop me a PM, it is wired up ready to be connected to a 12V battery, even has a speed controller in line. I've thought about setting it up to run a spit roast.

I also have a roll cracker that I got made for crushing apricot and cherry pips, long story. It has a geared 1.1kW 240V motor and runs at about 30rpm, the gap between the rollers is about 6mm from memory, but this is adjustable. If anyone wants it I am will to sell it. It's practically new, only done maybe 50kg of apricot stone through it .

This pic is from underneath looking into the rollers, that is an apricot stone at the top of the image.