Need information about this Motor ?

[iugmoh]

Hi all,

I have a motor to make an application such as vechile robot or anything to control it using PIC , but first i need to know all information about the motor I take it from my friend, the motor has 6 wires for motor and 2 wires for magnetic brake (24V) , I need to know these questions?
1- Is this motor AC or DC ?
2- what does the schematic mean ?
3- is there anyway to control the motion of each wheel ?

I attached the photos of this motor

thanks alot for any helping

[Archangel]

Are any of the wires marked in a fashion similar or identical to the schematic?
Where did you get the schematic, was it in or on the motor ?
Do you have an adjustable power supply to test these with? It would be unwise to hook any wires to the Mains supply without some means of reducing both current and voltage, until you are sure of the wiring.
All that said, if the schematic actually goes to this motor, then likely it is a guide to change the motor's direction or operating voltage or both, that is pretty typical of A/C induction motors.
ALSO A/C induction motors usually require a rather large capacitor to enable them to start. Have you disassembled one or these ? If so, where do the wires go? Do you know what these were originally used for?
Other than the schematic, do you have any evidence to indicate these are A/C motors?
If these are A/c motors, how YA going to make a robot out of them? Maybe cheaper to adapt a D/C motor to the gear box.
One more question, are there any markings on the motor, Maker, MOD. #, Serial Number ?

[skimask]

Hi all,

I have a motor to make an application such as vechile robot or anything to control it using PIC , but first i need to know all information about the motor I take it from my friend, the motor has 6 wires for motor and 2 wires for magnetic brake (24V) , I need to know these questions?
1- Is this motor AC or DC ?
2- what does the schematic mean ?
3- is there anyway to control the motion of each wheel ?

I attached the photos of this motor

thanks alot for any helping

Looks like a high-ish voltage standard DC motor (probably actually a universal motor) to me, 2 posts for the field, 2 posts for the armature, swap F1/F2 or A1/A2 to change direction, change speed with a PWM controller. Could control speed by changing voltage/current, but PWM is much more efficient.

You probably would've found a lot of this information had you search the forums I pointed you to in one of your earlier threads...

[mackrackit]

I think skimask is correct.
I will also add the two wires coming out of the end are for speed feed back, a tach of sorts. These normally go to the speed controller. Say you have a conveyor with a variable load. Those two wires is how the controller knows what speed things are running at.

[Archangel]

Yep , that jibes, F = field A= armature DOH !
Field and Armature wired in series, wired for CW and CCW. Sometimes I just overthink some things, what do you suppose the extra 2 wires are for? TACH ?

[skimask]

The O/P said 6 wires for the motor, 2 for brake, so I assume that's 8 wires total.
If that's the case, then yes, I'd say 2 for field, 2 for armature, 2 for tach, 2 for brake.

[Archangel]

The O/P said 6 wires for the motor, 2 for brake, so I assume that's 8 wires total.
If that's the case, then yes, I'd say 2 for field, 2 for armature, 2 for tach, 2 for brake.

Damn!