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Re: Rotary gap
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To: tesla@grendel.objinc.com, KLINEDA@univscvm.csd.scarolina.edu, QUANTUM@univscvm.csd.scarolina.edu, WMEYER@scientia.up.ac.za, bhaley@shore.net, frerichs@zfe.siemens.de, froula@cig.mot.com, jetter@ix.netcom.com, scott@csustan.csustan.edu
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Subject: Re: Rotary gap
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From: Esondrmn@aol.com
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Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 13:06:45 -0400
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In a message dated 95-08-23 18:46:41 EDT, tesla@grendel.objinc.com writes:
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>Ed wrote:
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>> Mark suggested that if I'm not going to increase the size of my rotary
>> gap...
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>What are the dimensions of your wheel? What size motor are you
>using (horsepower, max RPM)? If it's a variable speed DC motor, how
>are you getting the DC (simple rectified AC, rectified and filtered,
etc...).
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> I'm working on building a rotary gap and these are things that will help
>me decide what to look for and what to do.
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>Steven Roys (sroys@radiology.ab.umd.edu)
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Steve,
The rotary wheel is 10.0" in diameter. It is made of 3/8" lexan and mounted
directly on the motor shaft. The electrodes are 1/4" x 20 stainless steel
acorn nuts mounted with external tooth lock washers in 1/2" from the outside
of the wheel. The motor is a 1/2 hp rated at 10,000 rpm which is too high
but I could not find a 5,000 rpm motor. It is a universal wound motor which
has separate armature and field windings and can be ran on AC or DC. I use
straight AC with two variacs in series. One limits the maximum rpm and the
other I use to slowly bring it up to speed.
Ed Sonderman