elevator science
Kevin,.. going around in circles is a waist of time,..First the Goals are pretty simple, The elevator/reciving vehicle needs to be capable of no less then 25% faster than the producing vehicle/log splitter,. Given these facts you can do the math with a few more stats, In most cases Ill be using a 10/20 % buffer, So feel free to post (your) findings here,.. log splitters normally take at least 6 seconds to cycle a 24 " block,.. or 10 " per sec, keep in mind that the return stroke is about 50 % faster than the push stroke, on High preformance splitters, Iam doing the math in my head, you can run the numbers your self,.Its all relative,. The weight of the wood is lets say a 16 in block every 8 seconds, not really realistic, even the fastest wood processors arent that fast, but go with that figure,.Ok thats about 6.6 blocks per 20 foot of elevator, NOT going to happen but use those figures,. elevation is about 45 %, thats more than enough, Now plug in your torque wrench,....And tell me how much torgue it takes to turn the shaft,?......The problem I see with your torque wrench therory is How are you going to read the dial at 60 to 75 rpm,???, I dont see the resemblence of a torque reading as if you are torquing a bolt, compaired to spining a shaft at 75 rpm, maybe you have a formula that you can use to get an accurate figure, Id like to see it, and specific data, How are you going to determine, specific drags, what bearings are you pluging in to your calulations, More important what kind of trac is your load bearing chain draging on,? I think you know where iam heading, Your torque wrench therory, aint gona sell NASA ,. OK , this isnt rocket science, Thats the point Ive been trying to make, Its really not that hard,..spec the motor bigger better and bader, than you think you need, as long as you have the gpm to run it, according to the charts posted here on AS, 2 gpm is enough to do the job, thats @ 2000 psi, Prove me wrong and you wont hurt my feelings, I know what has worked for me and I didnt have the charts that I have now, All I know is,. it worked for me T,C, E,J,