Hi All, I built a couple of drum dryers a few months back, preparing to handle a larger volume of rods being made. I bought Uxcell motors, but now upon further research I cannot find out if they are continuous duty motors. I have read through some discussions on this site and have done some google searching but I haven't been able to find a lot of continuous duty motors that will fit the type of application I need. Does anywhere here have any recommendations for a brand or model that may be safe to run for extended periods of time and get me in the range of 12-18 rpm? Currently I do not run the drums if I am not home as I get worried about them getting overheated and causing safety hazards.

Zach,
Yes, no issue.

I have been using the Uxcell motors for years and at times the motors will be on for weeks at a time with no issue at all.

[www.amazon.com]

These DC motors are not like 110v AC shaded pole motors which generate a lot of heat in operation and should not be used for continuous duty without the use of cooling fans.

Good luck

p.s.
An example of very high quality Brush style DC industrial motors:

[www.hansen-motor.com]

You can read the specification sheet, but continuous operation is typical for Brush style DC motors as well as brushless DC motors.

Another common example of DC brushed motors are all of the DC motors that are used in rechargeable DC motor driven tools. A lot of contractors keep banks of batteries on chargers and the tools are in virtual non stop operation, 24 hours a day. When a battery gets run down, they pull another off the bank of chargers and keep on working.

Thanks Roger!

That amazon link is pretty much the same uxcell motors that I had purchased and installed with applicable transformers. I appreciate the feedback, it is good to know that these motors will perform as needed.

what kind of converter did you use for them, if you wouldnt mind posting it.

thank you
T

Terry,
For a 12 volt motor - this one will work fine:

[www.amazon.com]


For a 24 volt motor, this one will work fine:
[www.amazon.com]

It works really nice for a dryer to use a motor speed controller and use a motor with a nominal rpm of 30-50 rpm. That way, you can use the dryer for application at a faster speed, and then slow it down as slow as you wish for long term drying.
For example:
[www.amazon.com]

A reasonable 50 rpm DC motor that will work well for a dryer, when used with a speed controller:
[www.amazon.com]

Good luck

here is just one page of motors that work for the application
[www.amazon.com]
AND they are 110 volt no need for a transformer to make them run

The best day to be alive is always tomorrow !!
Think out side the box when all else fails !!!
Wi.

Matthew,
Over the years, I have removed all of the AC motors from any of my rod building gear, wrappers and dryers - and replaced them all with low voltage DC motors.

I have done this for the following reasons.
1. Cost
2. Ability to easily control the speed with an inexpensive dc motor speed controller.
3. The ability to easily reverse the motor direction at the flip of a switch.

I will be entering this adventure soon! I will look forward to reading through all of the posts on here about drum dryers.