rmz632
Mechanical
- Jan 26, 2012
- 2
Ok here is what I have come up with so far. My band saw motor is a 1/3 hp 1725 rpm directly mounted to a 26" circumference drive wheel which I believe is moving my blade at 3737.5 fpm. What i am trying to do is slow it down to 80,120 and 200 fpm or close to those speeds with a gear reducer and a 3 pullet set up. I found a dayton 4Z502 speed ruducer (Cheap) that will output 90 rpm. From what I came up with here is if I mount this to the drive pulley and run a 1 to 1 pulley it will give me 195 fpm. So my question here is what size pulleys do I need to get my speed down to 120 and 80 fpm. I plan on running a 3 pulley system on both my motor and the reducer. The reducer is a indirect drive. Also the reducer is rated at 1/3hp max power input and the output at 1/3hp gives 225 in lbs of torque. Is this enough to cut 1/8 to 3/16 steel. I also assume that slowing down the rpm,s on the reducer will increase my in lbs of torque. I am not very good at this but I want to learn. Thanks for all answers. And please if any of you know a better route to go that does not put the price high Im all ears. Thanks again. RMZ