BrewBeemer
Well-Known Member
I just ordered a Monster Mill3-2.0 from Fred at Welcome to Monster Brewing Hardware
I asked Fred what I should expect in pounds of grain crushed per minute and at what RPM's the mill will be turning to get these pounds per minute numbers. I'm not looking for a dead nuts accuract number just a close ball park number or something close to work with. This 1/3 hp Baldor motor with a worm drive gearbox as a single unit is rated for INT intermittent duty only not CON for continuous duty. I do not wish to burn up a nice single unit motor gearbox assembly. The motor is fully ball bearing with tapered bearings in the gearbox rated at 565 inch pounds of torque at 28.75 rpm's. I will gear it up at the jackshaft 3.111 for 89 RPM's at the mill off the other end of the jackshaft thru a LoveJoy coupling so there will be no side force pulling on the mills bushings for a longer bushing life. The RPM's are low also, I have the time besides I want to keep the bushing wear and heat to a minimum for long mill life and the minimum of flour making. This is a fully sealed Baldor Industrial motor with only a fan that blows across the outside of the motors housing to cool the housing and windings. So far i've found a close replacement price of this motor with gearbox, it's between $500 and $600 to replace hence why i'm looking for numbers I can use to build and design the mills rpm's to what the motor can handle.
This way I can figure out my gearing for the duty cycle and order the parts, jackshaft, pillow bearings and a LoveJoy coupling while the mill is being shipped.
The only answer I got from Fred at Monster Brewing Hardware "was over 10 pounds per minute of crushed grain". What good is that number without knowing how fast the mill rollers was turning when this test was done?
The question I have does anyone else have this same mill the MM 3-2.0 and how many pounds a minute does it crush and at what RPM is the mills rollers turning?
Fred is a great person but I will not ask twice on a persons product especially when I asked a direct question in "pounds per minute and at what RPM's was the mills rollers turning for these numbers?" I hate getting beat around the bush answers with a properly asked question especially from a person that manufactures the same product that is in question.
Question I have, does any other member on this forum have a MM3-2.0 and how many pounds a minute does it crush and at what rpm is your mill rollers turning to get these numbers? I can not think of a more simple and direct way to ask a straight question on this mill grain crush in pounds per minute. As I stated before it does not have to be down to the exact ounce on this output.
Can anyone help me on these simple questions?
Thanks in advance. Carl.....
I asked Fred what I should expect in pounds of grain crushed per minute and at what RPM's the mill will be turning to get these pounds per minute numbers. I'm not looking for a dead nuts accuract number just a close ball park number or something close to work with. This 1/3 hp Baldor motor with a worm drive gearbox as a single unit is rated for INT intermittent duty only not CON for continuous duty. I do not wish to burn up a nice single unit motor gearbox assembly. The motor is fully ball bearing with tapered bearings in the gearbox rated at 565 inch pounds of torque at 28.75 rpm's. I will gear it up at the jackshaft 3.111 for 89 RPM's at the mill off the other end of the jackshaft thru a LoveJoy coupling so there will be no side force pulling on the mills bushings for a longer bushing life. The RPM's are low also, I have the time besides I want to keep the bushing wear and heat to a minimum for long mill life and the minimum of flour making. This is a fully sealed Baldor Industrial motor with only a fan that blows across the outside of the motors housing to cool the housing and windings. So far i've found a close replacement price of this motor with gearbox, it's between $500 and $600 to replace hence why i'm looking for numbers I can use to build and design the mills rpm's to what the motor can handle.
This way I can figure out my gearing for the duty cycle and order the parts, jackshaft, pillow bearings and a LoveJoy coupling while the mill is being shipped.
The only answer I got from Fred at Monster Brewing Hardware "was over 10 pounds per minute of crushed grain". What good is that number without knowing how fast the mill rollers was turning when this test was done?
The question I have does anyone else have this same mill the MM 3-2.0 and how many pounds a minute does it crush and at what RPM is the mills rollers turning?
Fred is a great person but I will not ask twice on a persons product especially when I asked a direct question in "pounds per minute and at what RPM's was the mills rollers turning for these numbers?" I hate getting beat around the bush answers with a properly asked question especially from a person that manufactures the same product that is in question.
Question I have, does any other member on this forum have a MM3-2.0 and how many pounds a minute does it crush and at what rpm is your mill rollers turning to get these numbers? I can not think of a more simple and direct way to ask a straight question on this mill grain crush in pounds per minute. As I stated before it does not have to be down to the exact ounce on this output.
Can anyone help me on these simple questions?
Thanks in advance. Carl.....