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Air Starting Motor System

An air starting motor uses compressed air between 90-200 psi to turn over larger engines or small engines. The air enters the housing and forces vanes attached to the offset rotor inside the cylinder to rotate halfway around, where exhaust ports allow the air to escape. This rotation is transferred through a shaft, reduction gear, and Bendix drive to engage the flywheel and crank the engine. Diagrams label the major components of the air starting motor and show how air flows through it to power rotation.

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Air Starting Motor System

An air starting motor uses compressed air between 90-200 psi to turn over larger engines or small engines. The air enters the housing and forces vanes attached to the offset rotor inside the cylinder to rotate halfway around, where exhaust ports allow the air to escape. This rotation is transferred through a shaft, reduction gear, and Bendix drive to engage the flywheel and crank the engine. Diagrams label the major components of the air starting motor and show how air flows through it to power rotation.

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AIR STARTING MOTOR SYSTEM

Some larger engines and several small engines are cranked over by starting motors that
use compressed air. Air starting motors are usually driven by air pressures varying from
90 to 200 psi.

Figure 10-8 shows an exploded view of an air starting motor with the major com-ponents
identified. Figure 10-9 shows the principles by which the air starting motor functions. As
you read the following dis-cussion on the flow of air through the starting motor, refer to
figure 10-9. For the relative position of the principal components, refer to figure 10-8.

In figure 10-9, starting air enters through piping into the top of the air starter housing (1)
and flows into the top of the cylinder (2). The bore (3) of the cylinder has a larger
diameter than the rotor. The rotor (4) in-side the cylinder is a slotted rotating member
which is offset with the bore of the cylinder. The rotor carries the vanes (5) in slots,
allowing the vanes to maintain contact with the bore of the cylinder. The pressure of the
starting air against the vanes forces the rotating member to turn approximately half-way
around the core of the cylinder, where exhaust ports (6) allow the air to escape to the
atmosphere. A shaft and a reduction gear connect the rotating member to a Bendix drive,
which engages the ring gear of the flywheel to crank the engine.

Figure 10-9.-Flow of air through an air starting motor.


Figure 10-8.-Air starting motor (exploded view).

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