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Thread Number: 7950
How Do Spin Balancing Rings Work? |
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Post# 152924 9/7/2006 at 02:00 (6,439 days old) by frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 152965 , Reply# 2 9/7/2006 at 09:18 (6,438 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Maytag was the first to patent and use a liquid spin balancer ring on top of the tub in their AMP models. It was filled with a light weight oil. I do not know the specific physics behind it, but liquid tends to gather on the opposite side of the unbalance. Modern washers are using a water filled ring, it works just OK but other methods are still needed to balance the load.
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Post# 152991 , Reply# 4 9/7/2006 at 10:59 (6,438 days old) by cleanteamofny ((Monroe, New York) |
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Post# 153074 , Reply# 5 9/7/2006 at 18:18 (6,438 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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| Post# 153304 , Reply# 6 9/9/2006 at 01:58 (6,437 days old) by knitwits1975 () | ||
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Don't think the filter flos had a balancing ring. | ||
| Post# 153338 , Reply# 7 9/9/2006 at 09:28 (6,436 days old) by andrewinorlando () | ||
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Filter Flo washers use a cement cinderblock at the bottom of the machine to balance the load. The block is stationary. Not quite sure of the physics behind this. But it sure makes those suckers heavy. | ||
| Post# 153344 , Reply# 8 9/9/2006 at 11:02 (6,436 days old) by jonv112 () | ||
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The cement block was a counter-weight to balance the weight of the motor, so the drum would stay level. | ||
| Post# 153366 , Reply# 10 9/9/2006 at 13:31 (6,436 days old) by knitwits1975 () | ||
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I guess that explains the diesel locomotive noise on the spin cycle. | ||
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