vibrating DC motor

Dec 14, 2005 2 Replies

I just bought a 1/2 hp dc motor to replaced a smaller one who was working well except it overheated after a while. the motor is driven by a KB scr drive. When free running everything seem well, it vibrate on start but pick up its speed and is eventually humming. when the work load is attached, there is a strong vibration shaking the whole thing. no matter what speed the pot is ajusted, it ring loudly. i tried another drive, also SCR drive, from another manufacturer and it seem even worst. i took the motor to the repair shop they put it on a test and everything is ok, they say there must be a match between some motor and some scr drives. well how to do that? i would like better to understand what is going on anr fis the mismatch by adding perhaps a condenser or a choke or a combination or modifying the brushes or what....



can some one help me on this one?


This is going to be a tough one to diagnose over the usenet.

Its possible that the new, larger motor is stiffer, from a control systems point of view. The interaction between the speed control drive, the motor and the mechanical load might be operating nearer a resonant point.

Check the IR compensation setting on the controller.

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