Shimpo Ringcone Drive

I think that most of us, without previous knowledge, have no idea what you are asking about.......

Is this a windmill? please give us more details and web links, thanks in advance.....

And the answer is..... a waste of time and money. Any kind of gear drive in a windmill application is as I said a waste of time and money, that is unless you are building a utility grade machine in the 1 to 2 mW ranges. The reason, the loss of energy through the gear set. Good windmill design focuses on minimizing drive losses throughout the system. Starting with the rotor design and working back. The only reason to step up the speed is to use a standard 1750 generator. Forget that. There are a number of designs out there for low rpm, permanent magnet generators that can be directly coupled to the rotor, thus eliminating a 20 to 30% drive loss. Using super magnets, you can build your own to produce 3 phase power for a relatively low price. I can build an entire mill for the cost of the drive you ask about.

Hi Ferrari Guy,

I'm new here. Regarding the Shimpo Drive. I have one installed with my Okuma/Matrix Cylindrical Grinder on the Work Head. This is the Ring Cone Variable Speed drive unit. I have a large job loaded on the machine (250 Kgs Appprox.) The drive Slips (job stalls) when the grinding wheel is on the cut but Motor keeps running). The English & Japanese Manual does not explain if the Torque can be adjusted, is it possible or not and if possible How?

Can you please throw some light on this is you have used this type of unit.

thank you in advance.

Pali Mogewala

India