I am searching for electric hub motors that I might be able to use for my device, far different than a bike.
Your 1500 watt hub motor caught my eye, and I am wondering what the outside hub diameter is?If this might work for me, I’d modify it to work for my situation, so the measurement I am looking for is the outside of the drive hub itself (the hub holding the magnets, magnets located on the inside of the hub) I’d eliminate the shield stuff on each side, to help us get the heat shed better.
Do you manufacture these hub motors, or are they purchased? Are they made in the US?
Our equipment is currently powered with 3-Phase AC motors, but I can get more power for less weight with dc motors. Unfortunately, my target rpm is around 140, probably using near 1000 watts at that speed.BUT,if these motors could come close, I’d want to explore what we might do with them.A perfect diameter for us would be less than 6 inch, but this likely isn’t the case.So, getting one or two in hand will let me contemplate things.
I was able to see the charted details for the motor! I note it is max efficiency at 550 rpm, which is too fast for my equipment.I wish to find a direct drive hub motor with decent efficiency at 120 to 200 rpm.As pointed out, my equipment is for a good purpose, and we have potential for 20,000 units per year, and more, reaching that in 2 to 4 years.
Would they consider making a bike motor running at slow speed (adding more poles)? Or is it possible with a step style bike motor? Because these run 24-7, and are built to run for years at a time. I am seeking to have reasonable life expectancy of the motors to be around 8 to 12 years.This is why I am seeking to have direct drive.This bike motor gets installed in a water-tight container, and operates underwater. Cooling will be provided by direct contact to the underwater container.It is very allowable to have a longer length, but if they can hold the 150 mm diameter as a maximum, the length could be almost 310 mm if this would help. I can go up to a weight of 50 kg, if the controller doesn’t weigh very much.
Thank you for following up on this.I would really like to find a bike motor supplier for us so we can go to a direct drive unit and avoid the use of a gearbox.