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Check out this rather large electric motor from an abandoned steel mill. Notice the ladder over on the left for a sense of scale:
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It's indeed very nice.
I have a soft spot for large electric motors. This one was 1360 kW and 10 tons.
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So big, I've seen similar in person and it feels so weird standing next to such big things. Was this for a ventilation fan?
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That would be so cool to experience in person.
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Posted by ryanpics
So big, I've seen similar in person and it feels so weird standing next to such big things. Was this for a ventilation fan?
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Nope, this was a 2.4 MW input / 3,000 HP output 40/100 RPM reversing DC motor; one of a pair running the rollers on a roughing stand at a steel mill's hot strip line.
The motor's nameplate is here, and my page about that mill's hot strip line is here. I'm still working on documenting this facility in general, but that particular page is largely finished.
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Posted by _Louis_
That would be so cool to experience in person.
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It really was. Sadly, the whole place has been torn down now. And most of my trips to it were made during a time period after I had accidentally thrown my good camera into a river while UEing and before I scrounged up some money to get another one. So there are some key parts of the facility that I don't have any pictures of.
I'm trying to get ahold of some friends who might have some pictures of the place they are willing to share; we'll see where that goes.
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Posted by Tupsumato
It's indeed very nice.
I have a soft spot for large electric motors. This one was 1360 kW and 10 tons.
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Very nice! Do you happen to know what that motor was used for?
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Posted by DrDeke
Very nice! Do you happen to know what that motor was used for?
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Some cement plant equipment.
http://www.uer.ca/...ow.asp?locid=26656
Second gallery; first and second photographs.
[last edit 4/14/2021 10:56 PM by Tupsumato - edited 2 times]
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