Open Source Pneumatic Motor
Contents
Basics
- A motor that uses pressurized air (or a pure gas) to produce rotary motion via an impeller
Used For
- Air powered vehicles and tools
Minimum Viable Product
- Cheap
- Durable
- Scaleable in Horsepower
- User Maintainable
Basic Design
Casing
- Holds everything together
- Has an both an in and an out, pneumatic quick disconnect port
Impeller
- Takes the moving gas and converts that to rotary motion in the axle
Axle
- Takes motion from the impeller to the attachment port
Attachment Port
- A standard sized and shaped attachment for things like wheel units etc
BOM
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See Also
- Open Source Digital Fabrication Construction Set
- Open Source Metallurgy Construction Set
- Advanced Powercube Construction Set
