The Conveyor That Couldn’t Start Under Load We sized a conveyor motor: 50 kg of boxes on a 2 m belt, belt speed 0.5 m/s. The running power looked like 50 W. We picked a 100 W gearmotor. On the floor, the conveyor stalled when starting with boxes on it. The motor couldn’t overcome the …

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