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Torque test report for a motor armature at crawling speed.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 64\1\  scan0230
Date  8th July 1926
  
MOTOR FORM 3.
TORQUE TEST OF MOTOR
armature
(at given speeds)
Date :- 8-7-26
Motor under test :- E.A.C. G.2
Speed:- Crawling (Teazer)
No:-
Epicyclic Reduction gear ratio :- 96 to 31
Dia: of brake wheel :- 24"
Weight of pan and portion of rope:- 0 lbs. 2 ozs.

TABLE DATA
Load in pan (lbs) (W). | Spring balance reading (S) lbs, ozs | Amperes. | Field volts. | Arm. volts. | Total volts. | Field ohms. | Arm. ohms. | Total ohms. | W-S (lbs) | T-t (lbs) | Brake Torque (lb-inches).
4.5 | 2 0 | 34.0 | 15.30 | 27 | 15.57 | .450 | - | - | 2.50 | 2.625 | 31.5
4.0 | 1 9.5 | 30.0 | 13.45 | 26 | 13.71 | .448 | - | - | 2.41 | 2.535 | 30.4
3.5 | 1 8 | 27.0 | 12.80 | 23 | 13.03 | .474 | - | - | 2.00 | 2.125 | 25.5
3.0 | 1 7 | 25.0 | 11.20 | 22 | 11.42 | .448 | - | - | 1.56 | 1.685 | 20.2
2.5 | 1 4.5 | 22.0 | 10.20 | 21 | 10.41 | .464 | - | - | 1.22 | 1.345 | 16.1
2.0 | 1 0 | 21.0 | 9.35 | 19 | 9.54 | .445 | - | - | 1.00 | 1.125 | 13.5
1.5 | 0 12 | 17.5 | 8.0 | 17 | 8.17 | .457 | - | - | .75 | .875 | 10.5

21.9.25.
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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