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Re: OT - Hammermill horsepower
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Posted by gene bender on May 05, 2007 at 15:59:09 from (67.55.226.214):
In Reply to: Re: OT - Hammermill horsepower posted by Mike Van on May 04, 2007 at 03:58:20:
The rotor part of the hammermill will weigh a lot more than your wt unless its a little 4in but he says the screens are a lot wider than 4in and you are using 10hp capicitator start maybe even 3 phase correct so he has to have some good power to get it started now if he can build a tightener to clutch the belt some it would help. Also going to need the correct motor. Ground thousands of bushels with the B ON A 9IN mill and you had to slip the clutch to start rotation but then did just fine too bad we didnt have the bigger pulley on the B as we could have had more capicity per hr.
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