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Inertial Load Testing

A project log for Grinder Minder

Bench Grinders are everywhere. So are fingers. May the two never meet. That's where grinder minder comes in.

scott-swaaleyScott Swaaley 08/14/2019 at 19:120 Comments

Captains log, supplemental. You may have seen our first dry test in a previous log and you were probably thinking "C'mon, there wasn't even a mechanical load on that thing!?" Well this clip is for you. We built an inertial test rig, which is basically a 10lb 10" flywheel enclosed in a protective screen to prevent it from decapitating us. Considering that angular momentum is proportional to the square of radius, and that this wheel is almost double the combined mass of a bench grinder drive train, it's a big test. Check it out.

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