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Re: pic: OH GOD! WHAT HAVE I DONE???

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Originally Posted by FoleyEngineer View Post
Hi Kevin,

Where do you get this figure from? I'm looking at the performance curve for the CIM and it looks like at 40A it's generating about .8Nm of torque which works out to .59 ft-lbs, or about 7 in-lbs - not 25 in-lbs as you suggest.

Maybe I'm mistaken. Wouldn't be the first time! Anybody?

Thanks!
Looks like he is taking about stall torque, which is a bit less then 25 in-lbs. Yes we run 40A breakers, but the amperage will spike a lot higher then 40A before the breaker trips. From my rough understanding with 40A breakers on a CIM we can get all the torque out of the motors. The only time I can remember hearing the breakers trip is stalling our drive against a wall...
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