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  1. motorquest

    Softening Coil Springs on Car Hood

    Greetings, I'm working on a project where I've been asked if it's possible to heat and quench a coil spring to soften the spring action (i.e., the coil spring is used to raise and lower a car hood). Currently, the springs are too strong and require too much initial effort to lower the hood...
  2. motorquest

    Gearmotor Requirements

    fwc, At this stage, I'm looking at using 18" all steel wheels. The load I need to move combined with the acceleration would probably severly damage the original polyurethane over steel wheel design I had planned to use.
  3. motorquest

    Gearmotor Requirements

    Hello, I'm building a motorized platform that will weight approx. 1500 lbs and will be used to move a load weighing ~32,000 lbs. I plan to use six 12" Dia. x 4" tread polyurethane on steel wheels. The surface is level, smooth concrete. I need to find the locked rotor torque necessary to...

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