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Thread Number: 30085
/ Tag: Recent Vacuum Cleaners from past 20 years
Kirby motors |
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| Post# 334340 , Reply# 1 9/20/2015 at 13:10 (3,132 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine) | ||
 Here's why Kirby would never do this:
I think that the Kirby Power Plant and floor nozzle would have to be completely redesigned to accommodate a Pancake style motor. This could cost hundreds of thousands in time and productivity to also adapt a shampoo system and other attachments.
I don't think a pancake motor has enough power/torque to drive the brush roll and the Tech Drive at the same time.
A complete redesign of the system would be necessary to do this and to accomplish what, save a few ounces in weight or lower the machine an inch or two? The resulting design would still be too tall to fit under a bed or other furniture.
Kirby has built other prototypes over the years but have stuck with the basic G series design for the last 25 years because it works so well. They have not found any other design that performs better than the current G series design which would be the Avalir.
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| Post# 334434 , Reply# 6 9/22/2015 at 08:35 (3,130 days old) by kirby519 (Wisconsin) | ||
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@tolivac I agree with you on the other points of using a machine set up with a pancake motor. Machines with that set up only accomplish one of my goals not all of them. | ||
| Post# 334440 , Reply# 7 9/22/2015 at 11:12 (3,130 days old) by sptyks (Skowhegan, Maine) | ||
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| Post# 334478 , Reply# 8 9/22/2015 at 23:15 (3,130 days old) by kirby519 (Wisconsin) | ||
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That was the about the only reason I could think of is not enough torque produced to operate the Kirby. But don't have all the tech specs and thought I would put that out there to the group. thanks for the info. | ||
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