Hi again ! I am doing project on designing can crusher and I want to know what is the adequate motor used to automatically crush the can? What is the power? The voltage ? any website might help will be appreciated Thanks in advance
Are you crushing individual cans or making a block of cans 1 cubic foot when things are done? Suggestion, get one can and put it on a piece of plywood and put another piece on top. Then stack weights on the top piece of wood until the can crushes. Take the area of the can and divide it into weight. This will give you a number in pounds/ square inch that you need for force for one can. Next, most crushers use a mechanical advantage of some sort due to the expense of motors. And they also use hydraulics to crush the cans. Like two plates of steel with a hydraulic cylinder at one end in back of the steel plate. Kinda like a log spliter. You can use hydraulics or some kind of other mechanical advantage like a block and tackle. Get a small 120V motor and look at its power and then rig the mechanical advantage to get you the power needed in pounds/in2 to crush the can. Another idea is to get the jack out of the car and use it between two plates to crush cans. Or buy a bottle jack.
