DC Motor Selection Procedure:-

Selecting a motor that satisfies the specifications required by the equipment is an important
key to ensuring the desired reliability and economy of the equipment.
This section describes the procedure to select the optimum motor for a particular
application, as well as the selection calculations, selection points and examples.
Selection Procedure
Step 1- Determination of the drive mechanism:- Representative drive mechanisms include a
simple body of rotation, a ball screw, a belt pulley, and a rack-and-pinion. Along with the
type of drive mechanism, we must also determine the dimensions, mass and friction
coefficient etc., that are required for the load calculation. The general items are explained
below.
Dimensions and mass (or density) of load
Dimensions and mass (or density) of each part
Friction coefficient of the sliding surface of each moving part

Step 2 - Check the equipment specifications:- The general items are explained below.
Operating speed and operating time
Positioning distance and positioning time
Resolution
Stopping accuracy
Position holding
Power supply voltage and frequency
Operating environment

Step 3 - Calculating the values for speed, load torque, rms torque and load inertia at the
motor drive shaft.

Step 4 Selection of a motor type from standard AC motors, brushless motors or stepping
motors based on the require specifications.
Step 5 - Final determination of the motor after confirming that the specifications of the
selected motor and gearhead satisfy all of the requirements, such as mechanical strength,
acceleration time and acceleration torque. Since the specific items that must be checked will
vary depending on the motor model.

Applications:-
A) Ball Screw:-
Inputs:-
1) Ball screw diameter
2) Ball screw length
3) Ball screw pitch
4) Ball screw efficiency
5) Friction coefficient
6) Load
7) Table weight
8) Required table speed
9) External force acting on table
 10) Operation Time
11) Stop time
12) Acceleration/deceleration time.

Calculations:-
1) Required Motor speed
2) Moment of inertia of total system(Load + Ball Screw)
3) Peak Torque
4) Friction Torque
5) RMS Torque

B) Conveyor Belt:-
Inputs:-
1) Load Mass
2) Belt Mass
3) Roller Diameter
4) Roller mass
5) Belt roller efficiency
6) Belt Speed
7) External Force
8) Coefficient of friction for sliding surface

Calculations:-
1) Required speed of motor
2) Total load inertia
3) Peak torque
4) Friction torque
5) RMS torque

C) Rotation table:-
Inputs:-
1) Table Diameter
2) Table thickness
3) Load Dimensions
a) For cylindrical
- Diameter
- Thickness
b) For Cuboid
- Length
- Width
- Height
4) Density of material
5) Density of load
6) Number of loads.
7) Distance between centre of table and centre of load
8) Positioning angle
9) Positioning time
 Calculation:-
1) Speed required
2) Total load inertia
3) Peak torque
4) RMS torque
5) Friction torque is very low
D) Linear Motor:-
Inputs:-
1) Load
2) Friction coefficient
3) Carriage/motor mass
4) Feed distance
5) Move time
6) Dwell time
7) Orientation
Calculations:-
1) Required Velocity
2) Moving mass
3) Peak force
4) RMS force

E) Rack and pinion:-

Inputs:-
1) Moving weight
2) Diameter of pinion
3) Pinion Width
4) Pinion OD
5) Pinion ID
6) Density of pinion material
7) Efficiency
8) Inclination (deg)
9) Coefficient of friction.
10) Operation Time
11) Stop time
12) Acceleration/deceleration time.

Calculation:-
1) Required speed of motor
2) Total load inertia
3) Peak torque
4) Friction torque
5) RMS torque

F) Roll Feeder:-
Inputs:-
1) Driver Pitch Diameter
 2) Driven pitch Diameter
3) Driver roller inertia
4) Driven roller inertia
5) Press force
6) Tension force
7) Coefficient of friction
8) Roller width
9) Operation Time
10) Stop time
11) Acceleration/deceleration time.
Calculations:-
1) Required speed of motor
2) Total load inertia
3) Peak torque
4) Friction torque
5) RMS torque

G) Chain & Sprocket:-

Inputs:-
1) Drive sprocket diameter
2) Driven sprocket diameter
3) Weight of a chain
4) External Force
5) Width of sprocket
6) Power transmission efficiency
7) Operation Time
8) Stop time
9) Acceleration/deceleration time.
Calculations:-
1) Required speed of motor
2) Total load inertia
3) Peak torque
4) Friction torque
5) RMS torque

H) Fan:-
Inputs:-
1) Weight of a fan wheel
2) Radius of fan
3) Air flow rate
4) Efficiency of fan
5) Pressure
6) Time require to accelerate
Calculation:-
1) Peak Torque
2) Power output
Note:-Motor should select such that ratio of system inertia to motor inertia should not greater than

10:1 ideally it is 1:1.