Hi, Jr. year ME student at OSU here. I am involved in reverse-engineering a Kenmore trash compactor, and there is one detail I am having trouble finding. I have a motor that has a .5 diameter shaft, runs at regular
120V/60Hz, and creates 2200 lbs force at the "ram" (the thing that squashes the trash). The specs I have on this thing do not give me data for rpm's on the motor, and to do a failure analysis of the shaft I need to develop an expression fo the torque on the shaft. Any ideas on how to progress? The motor drives a sprocket that drives a chain around two other sprockets in an equilateral-triangle formation. There are two power screws attached to the other two chain-driven sprockets- the 'ram' moves down on the power screws. Thanks for anything; I'm doing internet research as we speak on this to try to find any info possible on rpm's and/or torque of this motor.
-k wallace