Calculating speed by rpm and wheel diameter
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Calculating the speed of any machine is quite a simple task if you know the diameter and revenues per minute (rpm) of your motor or other power source spinning the wheel. Other variables might be gearbox or other rpm transitions between motor and wheel, for example, bicycle gears. For those, you need to know the gear ratio.
Gear ratio
In this example, we have an electric motor that has a maximum rpm of 5000. The motor is a rotating gearbox with a gear ratio of 64:1, which means the gearbox will lower down the rpm by transforming the rotation to one time for every 64 revolutions of the motor.
Formula to calculate rpm after gearbox
- motor_rpm / gearbox_ratio
In this example: 5000 rpm / 64 = 78.125 rpm
Wheel diameter
Formula to calculate wheel circumference from diameter
- wheel_diameter * π
Speed
Formula for kilometres in an hour (km/h)
- rpm_after_gearbox * circumference / 1000 (meter: 1000 millimetres) = meters_per_minute
- meters_per_minute * 60 (one hour) / 1000 (kilometer: 1000 meters) = km/h
Formula for meters in second (m/s)
- rpm_after_gearbox * circumference / 1 000 (meter: 1 000 millimetres) / 60 (seconds in minute)
Calculator
The π value used in the calculator is 3.1415926535, which gives slightly different while more accurate values than in examples with a π value of 3.14.
Motor rpm | ||
Gearbox ratio | (min value 1) | |
Wheel diameter | mm | |
Results | ||
Rpm after gear: | 0 | rpm |
Circumference: | 0 | mm |
Speed: | 0 | m/s |
Speed: | 0 | km/h |
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