Drive Moter :
1. Drive moter provides the torque that turns the screw, and thus provides power to push out the material.
2. DC-Motor are widely used.
3. AC-Motor is used fluctuations in output (surging) may occur.
<Gear Reduction And Torque Transmission>
1. The role of gear reduction and transmission is to reduce the motor speed (1750-2000 rpm) to workable screw speed (15-200 rpm) and transfer the motor torque to the screw.
2. For the variation of screw speed over a wide range without reducing it's torque, strapless speed changers are used.
3. In the older and smaller extruders, V belts offered direct coupling, to transmit the motor torque to the reduction gearbox.
In modern machine the transmission is achieved by direct coupling.