Friday, March 28, 2008

TARANAKI TECH AT OTAGO


On a recent visit to Otago University's Physics Department I was pleased to see one of Ecoinnovations' generators being used in the energy research laboratory.
Mike Lawley makes these generators in Taranaki from Fisher & Paykel "Smart-Drive" washing-machine motors.

ROTATIONAL INERTIA FORMULAE

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This diagram shows the formulae for calculating the rotational inertias of common shaped objects.