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I'm working in a theatre and the night before opening, I'm told to find a way to power a flat as it tracks across stage. It's a pully system under the deck lugging a several hundred pound flat. The problem is the rope that was used stretches and moves the flat at 2 miles per hour, so I'm replacing the rope with aircraft cable and finding something other than hand power to pull the flat.

Option one is an industrial motor we've used for automation in the past. It's a Baldor CDP3440, .75HP,1750RPM connected to a 90 degree gearbox. We have the original control box marked
115VAC, 50/60 HZ 0-90VDC, 10 amp 50/100 VDC, 1 amp in
230VAC, 50/60hz 0-180VDC, 10 amp 100-200VDC, 1 amp out
The motor is 90VDC, 7 amp. Are the different values on the control box simply different pins, meaning I could connect it to the 0-180? There's a built in rheostat, if that's the case that will keep me from the full 180VDC. I just found the non-AC outputs (they were inside the housing while the 230vac was printed clearly on the back) so I'll keep looking along that like of though. If not, do these motors have an integral transformer?

I also have an old 1/2hp Dayton. If I can't get the Baldor working, I was going to connect it to a boat winch. That's a lot of fabrication to do in an evening though, especially so close to opening.

I've been tinkering with ideas since 6 (when I was told of the problem), just trying to see if anyone out there has more experience than I.