Torque and slowing down an AC motor ?

Nov 07, 2005 0 Replies

I'm wanting to slow down occasionlly a bandsaw we have. I've already used an idler pully to slow it down so that it is at the correct speed for cutting brass but I sometimes cut nickle silve or steel and it goes too fast for them and ruined the blades. So my idea was to use an SCR to find the speeds for cutting these other materials. But if I slow down the motor by 75% to 60% how is this ging to affect the torque? Would a different low horse 110 motor be better than another for this? Ken



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