Hi
I found these two definitions of duty cycle:
1: The duty cycle of a machine refers to how long it can keep operating before it needs a rest, or what percentage of the time it's designed to be in use. For instance, a machine gun might only be able to fire continuously for 100 rounds before it needs to be allowed to cool.
For some machines, you could wear out the mechanism well before it came to the end of the warranty period if you left it printing continuously.
For example, a printer that is capable of printing 30 copies per minute would probably wear out in weeks if it was always printing. Therefore the manufacturer quotes a duty cycle such as "10,000 copies per month".
2: In engineering the duty cycle of a machine or system is the time that it spends in an active state as a fraction of the total time under consideration.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_cycle#cite_note-0
A motor runs for one out of 100 seconds, or 1/100 of the time, and therefore its duty cycle is 1/100, or 1 percent.
What is the definition of duty cycle in your opinion? Please keep it simple so I can understand it.
I didn't understand at all that motor example. Isn't motor running all the time? Is the example speaking of DC motor or AC?
Thank you for all the help.
Regards
PG
I found these two definitions of duty cycle:
1: The duty cycle of a machine refers to how long it can keep operating before it needs a rest, or what percentage of the time it's designed to be in use. For instance, a machine gun might only be able to fire continuously for 100 rounds before it needs to be allowed to cool.
For some machines, you could wear out the mechanism well before it came to the end of the warranty period if you left it printing continuously.
For example, a printer that is capable of printing 30 copies per minute would probably wear out in weeks if it was always printing. Therefore the manufacturer quotes a duty cycle such as "10,000 copies per month".
2: In engineering the duty cycle of a machine or system is the time that it spends in an active state as a fraction of the total time under consideration.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_cycle#cite_note-0
A motor runs for one out of 100 seconds, or 1/100 of the time, and therefore its duty cycle is 1/100, or 1 percent.
What is the definition of duty cycle in your opinion? Please keep it simple so I can understand it.
I didn't understand at all that motor example. Isn't motor running all the time? Is the example speaking of DC motor or AC?
Thank you for all the help.
Regards
PG