Re: Hathaway motors

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Werby" <a.werby@c...>
wrote:

> Message: 20
> Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 18:36:50 -0000
> From: "dcumin2000" <dcumin2000@y...>
> Subject: old motors w/ encoders
>
> I have a number of 16v dc motors with encoders on one end. The
> brand is Hathaway & dated 1983. Are these to old (induction motors)?
> could they be servo motors w/encoders?
> Hathaway still makes encoders but no info on these old motors. To
> cheep to throw them away & still looking for a use for them.Anyone
> used any old Hathaway motor to a good end?
> Thanks Dennis
>
> [I've got some Hathaway motors that sound similar, except mine are

24v. They

> seem like servos to me. I tried Hathaway, but didn't have any luck

tracking

> down info on them either. Mine seem a bit small for running a

micromill in

> direct-drive mode, but I think they'd probably work with a timing

belt and

> pulleys to cut the speed and multiply the torque. I haven't

actually hooked

> them up to anything yet, though.]
>
> Andrew Werby
> www.computersculpture.com

I have a couple similar motors. 2 wires, burshes, encoder, came out
of printers.

hope this thread gets some good details and explanations.

Dave