[TheForge] Re: Air hammer score

[Grant Neil Sarver]

Actually it's just that electric motors are rated continuous and gas
engines are rated peak. When you bog down a gas engine it stalls. When you
bog down an electric motor ig generates more torque. With the big flywheel
on the hammer and engine he should have no problem.

grant

Mike Spencer wrote:

> > Mike I was referring to the power required to turn a hydraulic pump.
>
> > It takes 2 Hp(elect) to deliver 2gals/min @1500 psi.  It would take
> > 3 Hp(mechanic) to deliver 2 gals/min @ 1500 psi.  This is my
> > understaning so you need slightly more umph on the mechanical Hp's.
>
> Huh.  Okay, that's clear.  Good.  I have a couple of months to think
> about it.  I'll have to some reading and asking around.  May be some
> confusion due to conventional definitions of "horsepower" in different
> domains of engineering.
>
> Thanks, Ralph.
>
> - Mike
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