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News Release from: Lafert Electric Motors | Subject: Motors with low-centre shafts
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 22 June 2004
Low-centre motors turn to cutting and
machining
A new range of motors with low-centre shafts is ideal for woodworking/metal cutting and machining industries as direct drives for machine tool heads.
A new range of motors with low-centre shafts is ideal for woodworking/metal cutting and machining industries as direct drives for machine tool heads These AC induction motors offer a high power to frame size ratio, such as 7.5kW from an 80 frame machine as compared with the usual 132 frame unit expected for that power rating
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 3 Oct 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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They are available as both single and three phase machines in two-, four-, six- and eight-pole configurations.
Frame sizes are IEC 48, 63 and 80 mm and nominal torques range up to 25.2Nm.
These versatile units can be supplied with bespoke shaft sizes to suit the application and fail-safe braking that complies with the current woodworking industry's PUWER 098 regulations and the associated Approved Code of Practice (ACoP).
They can also be supplied with or without blade discs and with numerous options regarding terminal boxes, fan covers etc.
For mounting, the extruded alloy housings have slide rails, permitting simple mounting using bolt heads as fixings.
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