Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Automobile starter motor as servo??

Thanks, Jon

Doesnt sound practical.

Ron

Jon Elson <elson@...> wrote:

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If you can get one with permanent magnets, it might work. But, it is
wound for something like 6000 RPM
at 12 V. So, you would end up needing a 50 A 12 V servo drive. A Gecko
drive would barely be able to
turn it with no load. Second, they usually don't have a lot of
commutator segments, as the torque ripple
is not a big concern for cranking a gas engine. If it is the typical,
old-style series wound field motor, you
would have to rewind the series field for some reasonable voltage, since
these fields are something
like 1/4 V 100 A. Most starters have sleeve bearings, as they are used
to spinning fast, and have an
expected life of a couple of hours of actual running. Finally, they
ALWAYS have one brush grounded,
and you'd have to break the connection.

Jon



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