[AT] Old shop lathe motor-- motor questions for you "experts"

[Mark Greer]

I sell a lot of bearings to an oilfield service outfit that rewinds a bunch
of 10hp Baldor 10hp R-I motors. The R-I motors have loads of startup torque
and are very forgiving of "dirty" power in places where the well and
pumpjack might be over 1000 ft from the utility pole and transformer. Baldor
doesn't make them anymore but they can be rebuilt many many times and
everyone in the oil patch around here uses them and has a few spares lying
around. I should look up and post the Baldor catalog number as they will buy
any rebuildable "cores" they can find of this particular motor.
Mark

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> The fact that your motor is listed as "repulsion induction" means that it
was
> designed for loads with very high starting torque requirements. These
motors
> are typically found on silo unloaders and manure handling systems. It
would be
> unusual to see one installed on a lathe as the torque is not unusual. I
> worked in an electric motor shop in one of my previous lives (33 years
ago).
>
> Will in MN
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