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Test results for frictional losses of a slow-speed servo motor.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 72\4\  scan0348
Date  14th August 1924 guessed
  
TESTS ON WW. SLOW SPEED SERVO MOTOR FRICTIONAL LOSSES.
Torque is expressed in lbs. ins.

TABLE 1:
| Equt. pedal press: | Torque input. | One plate (no dogs) | | Two plates. (with dogs) | | Loss of torque due to 'dogs' Inc. loads. | Loss of plate press: due to dogs. lbs. |
| | | Servo torque. | Mech: effcy. (over all) | Servo torque | | | |
| | | | | Increasing loads. | Decreasing loads. | | |
| 46.5 | 217.5 | 250.5 | .81 | 394.5 | 537.5 | 106.5 | 68 |
| 78.7 | 367.5 | 387.5 | .75 | 549.5 | 767.5 | 225.5 | 144 |
| 111.0 | 517.5 | 526.5 | .72 | 687.5 | 832.5 | 365.5 | 234 |
| 143.0 | 667.5 | 645.5 | .68 | 772.5 | 842.5 | 518.5 | 332 |
| 175.0 | 817.5 | 729.5 | .63 | 872.5 | 872.5 | 586.5 | 375 |

Servo torque means - Total torque output less torque due to pedal pressure.

COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION.
TABLE 2:
| Load on plate lbs. | VALUE OF µ | |
| | No.1. | No.2. |
| 100 | ---- | .247 |
| 200 | .261 | .261 |
| 300 | .275 | .275 |
| 400 | .248 | .261 |
| 500 | .247 | .269 |
| 600 | .247 | .266 |

DIAGRAMS:
NO.1.
NO.2.
  
  
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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