Bamford corn mill

[jacobl741]

Anyone on here know what speed the shaft on a bamford roller mill similar to the one in the pic Should run at? And what sort of hp it would need? Cheers !

 

[Old apprentice]

Probably run of a tractor puley whatever they run at.

 

[penntor]

Father had one which ran off the belt pulley of a David Brown Cropmaster.

 

[Exfarmer]

That is a good question, from memory it was not that fast. i would have thought it was in the order of 2-3 revs per second or 1-200 per minute.
Be careful putting too much power in, the chassis is not that strong. They need a constant feed so the rollers are not touching, but not too much to strain the machine.

 

[2wheels]

i think our mcmaster one was 300-350 rpm.

 

[Exfarmer]

Ours used to run off an electric motor I am sure it was no more than 5hp and could have been a lot less
Was 60 years ago so memory is not that great.
Ours cracked the frame and we bought an Alvan Blanch mill mixer

 

[rick_vandal]

I think you have a plate mill, not a roller mill. We had a Bentall XRSE roller mill with ornate castings that died of fatigue. It replaced a dirty MH hammer mill and was superceded by a yellow Bamford bruiser unit.

 

[jf850]

Anyone on here know what speed the shaft on a bamford roller mill similar to the one in the pic Should run at? And what sort of hp it would need? Cheers !

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There is a similar crusher here . Bamford 4C is on it . Hasn't worked since the 1980s , when I bought a Fraser 7 " roller .
The pulley on ours was on the end of the shaft , on the outside of the flywheel . Originally it was driven by the belt pulley on a Fordson E27N TVO . In latter years it was driven by pto belt pulley on a Fordson Dexta . Belt pulley speed was not measured in rpm but in feet per min .

 

[bobk]

Anyone on here know what speed the shaft on a bamford roller mill similar to the one in the pic Should run at? And what sort of hp it would need? Cheers !

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No idea , but I'd stand back