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Basic Motor Analysis and Comparison

Hi,

 

I've been using Labview for about 1 year mainly for verification testing on mechanical drive devices.  I mainly use 2 labview programs in a few different "standardized" tests to measure torque, speed, temperature and current on brushed DC motors.

 

I'm looking for advice on how to further analyse and compare similar motors.

 

What other type of tests can I run, and what should I look for?

 

Thanks!

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Hi Surfmase,

 


@Surfmase wrote:

I'm looking for advice on how to further analyse and compare similar motors.

 

What other type of tests can I run, and what should I look for?


What are your requirements?

Is this a fun/hobby project or do you run production tests?

Best regards,
GerdW


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Hi GerdW,

 

In a professional setting: it won't be for production run testing, but for research and development.  I currently use my setup to determine torque and speed requirements for certain applications, then test motors in various duty cycles to verify if they are suitable based on thermal class. In many cases the customer will broadly indicate some motor specification, but some cases they give a more detailed specification.  The motor driver and controllers fall within the scope of our customer's final assembly. 

 

We have motor vendors which often provide us similar motors, but at different prices.  Apart from looking at the overall component and build quality I was hoping to learn about further types of analysis and tests which I can perform to have a more thorough understanding of how some motors can be "better" than others.

 

For a given application it is desirable to have a constant speed under varying load.  It is also desirable to accelerate to that speed quickly.

 

Regards,

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@Surfmase wrote:

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We have motor vendors which often provide us similar motors, but at different prices.  Apart from looking at the overall component and build quality I was hoping to learn about further types of analysis and tests which I can perform to have a more thorough understanding of how some motors can be "better" than others.

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Does the motor vendor provide a quality metric (efficiency, MTBF, sound level, vibration, ???) to justify the difference in price?

 

I think this goes back to Gerd's question: What are your requirements? 

Doug
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Hi Doug,

 

The most detail we receive are the basic speed, current and efficiency curves vs torque.

I was thinking about a test to observe dynamic response when accelerating/decelerating between different speeds.

What would a requirement list look like? 

 

Regards,

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Hi Surfmase,

 


@Surfmase wrote:

What would a requirement list look like? 


You write down the physical properties you want to measure, together with their needed accuracy…

 

(See the datasheet of a typical electrical motor as an example.)

Best regards,
GerdW


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