vetteboy
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Re: THe NAC Lots-O-Post Thread
I understand that not everyone is well-versed in mechanical stuff, but I'd think if you're gonna work in this industry in any capacity, you should probably at least have a basic understanding. Just had this conversation with one of my distributors:
"My customer's happy with the gearbox we just got them, but for the next one they'd like it to run 30-40% faster."
"OK, no problem. Do you know if they still need to keep the same amount of torque at the output?"
"Um, I don't know. Why, does that change?"
"Yeah, unless we put a larger motor on to make up for it, it'll have 30-40% less torque."
"Oh. Well how much bigger does the motor need to be then?"
"I'd say about 30-40% more horsepower to keep the torque the same."
"That much, huh. Well can you get me a quote on it both ways...one with the motor they have now, and one with a larger motor? They'll probably go with whatever's cheaper."
"Sure, I can do that I guess. Just make sure to tell them that the cheaper one might not have enough torque."
"It'll probably be fine, I'm sure whoever sized this thing put a little extra oomph into it."
"Well, I'm the one who sized it, and while I don't remember everything that went into it, pretty sure I didn't make it 30-40% bigger than it needed to be."
"Oh, well, I'll leave it up to them then."
Sigh. It's just a job, just a paycheck...
I understand that not everyone is well-versed in mechanical stuff, but I'd think if you're gonna work in this industry in any capacity, you should probably at least have a basic understanding. Just had this conversation with one of my distributors:
"My customer's happy with the gearbox we just got them, but for the next one they'd like it to run 30-40% faster."
"OK, no problem. Do you know if they still need to keep the same amount of torque at the output?"
"Um, I don't know. Why, does that change?"
"Yeah, unless we put a larger motor on to make up for it, it'll have 30-40% less torque."
"Oh. Well how much bigger does the motor need to be then?"
"I'd say about 30-40% more horsepower to keep the torque the same."
"That much, huh. Well can you get me a quote on it both ways...one with the motor they have now, and one with a larger motor? They'll probably go with whatever's cheaper."
"Sure, I can do that I guess. Just make sure to tell them that the cheaper one might not have enough torque."
"It'll probably be fine, I'm sure whoever sized this thing put a little extra oomph into it."
"Well, I'm the one who sized it, and while I don't remember everything that went into it, pretty sure I didn't make it 30-40% bigger than it needed to be."
"Oh, well, I'll leave it up to them then."
Sigh. It's just a job, just a paycheck...
