Mechanical starter generally has its own service life, some are reflected in the duration of use, and some are reflected in the number of uses. The aging of equipment caused by various factors may lead to problems such as reduced output power, slower response speed, and reduced stability. Therefore, you need to consider how often your engine uses a spring starter and choose a spring starter that has enough reusable times to ensure that it can always remain effective and don’t forget to replace it in time before its service life will expire.
Cqstart provides you with a more convenient solution. Cqstart has more than ten years of R&D experience, focusing on the production of multiple series, high-quality spring starters to meet the needs of different customers.
Cqstart Spring Starter Details
1. All the Cqstart Mechanical Spring Starters have passed the test on the unique spring starting test bench, ensuring that all the products are qualified and there are detailed test data for each product (such as torque, energy, peak, speed, input/output ratio, conversion rate, stability ratio, curve, etc.).
2. All the Spring Starters are equipped with micro-lock prevention, which helps to effectively avoid maloperation on the double-start engine. It can extend the life of the engine.
3. Maintenance-free grease within each Spring Starter and the surface finish of our products is the baking finish which is fireproof, oilproof, waterproof and anti-corrosion, with salt spray corrosion resistance.
Features
1. Adaptability (Adapt to harsh working conditions, including the conditions with spark, chemistry and wet.)
2. Safety (It is a type of mechanical starter, which can be directly operated by people.)
3. Simple and Complete Structure (Independent hand-cranking working system, with no electricity, gas or other energy systems.)
4. Swift (Easy to operate, and it can release the energy rapidly.)
To choose an appropriate spring starter, all you need to do is contacting us and providing information about your engine, and we will carefully recommend the most appropriate spring starter for you from a series of products.
Besides, our senior tech team will design a customized model for new applications. We will provide a 2D drawing for your reference and 3D drawing for trial assembly.
Also, the after-sales service of Cqstart is satisfying, providing operation guides with well-understood illustration and videos, even site instruction if needed.
Contact Us
Sales: Julie He (Ms.),
Tel/WhatsApp/WeChat: +86-13637706003,
Email: sales1@cqstart.com
Marketing: Harland Wang (Mr.),
Email: sundayritian@cqstart.com
Mechanical spring starter is necessary for the engine to start without electricity, how to choose an appropriate one to meet your needs?
Working Condition
Different devices require different working conditions in order to maximize their performance. For example, temperature, air humidity, atmospheric pressure, electromagnetic environment, acid-base environment, these factors will affect the use of mechanical equipment. As far as the spring starter is concerned, the temperature may be an important factor. If the temperature in the working environment is too low, the spring starter will not be affected by the cold, however, the engine itself will require more energy to start.
Engine Capacity
Engine capacity is not actually one of the parameters of the spring starter. Engine capacity is a measurement of engine displacement. Generally speaking, the larger the engine capacity, the larger the engine displacement and the more energy required to start the engine. This is one of the important factors that need to be referenced when selecting a spring starter for the engine.
Output Energy
The output energy refers to the maximum energy that the spring starter can output when fully winded. This indicator is closely related to your engine capacity. You should choose a spring starter with sufficient output energy to ensure that it can start your engine normally in an emergency.
Installation Space
In general, the arrangement of mechanical equipment is very compact. The space between the devices is usually reserved for specific loadable equipment, the installation space required by different equipment is not the same, and so are the spring starters of different specifications. Therefore, when choosing a spring starter, you should first measure whether your engine has enough space to install the spring starter. Choose the appropriate size of the spring starter according to the installation space and install it in the appropriate position, which can guarantee the stability and safety of the equipment group to the greatest extent.
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A spring starter would have several unique traits when compared to electrical starting systems. Of the advantages presented by these systems, the potential for these systems to be operated by hand is perhaps the most appealing. This could appeal to owners of riding lawnmowers, motorcycles, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, snowblowers and other medium-sized engines that consumers may own, many of which have lead acid batteries. A spring starter may be especially attractive to this market because often these vehicles are used seasonally. Lead acid batteries need to be replaced if left unused for long periods of time, which is feature steel springs do not share.
Easy Maintenance
Steel springs of spring starter also have a well-defined fatigue life, that can be theoretically infinite with the appropriate design considerations. The spring starter is very little affected by the electromagnetic environment and temperature, and it is not easy to age. As a contrast, lead acid batteries of the electrical starting system may last many years, but they are certainly not immortal.
Other Advantages
Compared to typical electric starting systems, and springs possess a high-power density, which means springs can release their stored power almost instantaneously. Besides, spring starter uses less harmful metals and is more environmentally for not loading batteries.
What’s the Disadvantage of Spring Starter?
Launch Time
Launching the engine with a spring starter is a mechanical process that requires manual operation, so it will take more time than using an electrical starting system. However, on occasions when the electrical starting system is limited or even not equipped at all, spring starting is one of the few solutions left.
Occupied Space
Usually, spring starter is a little larger than an electric starter and therefore takes more space to install. But from another perspective, ideally, a mechanical starter design would have the potential to reduce the size and weight of the components of the starting system. This is also one of the future R&D trends.
About Cqstart
Cqstart is an original design manufacturer of spring starter, launched the major product in 2008. With a senior engineer team, Cqstart keeps researching and developing spring starters to solve the problem of engine application. In 2013, Cqstart innovated a protector, which significantly reduces the failure rate of spring starter, improving security. Later in 2018, through innovating distributed energy storage technology, parallel starter operation technology, Cqstart launched a new product – 0 group series, which is suitable for large engines. Now, it’s the most powerful spring starter, which is applicable engine capacity up to 50L.
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Many people have the same question, what is the relationship between the spring starter and the electrical starting system, and what is the connection between them? What scenarios are they applied for? We compared their characteristics and development trends and compiled the following information for you.
What's the Application of Electrical Starting System?
The electrical starting system was first invented in 1915 in purpose to reduce injury cases of operators who started vehicle engines with hand cranks. The power and convenience provided by electric starters established the dominance of automobiles containing internal combustion, as seen to this day. Electric starters also allowed more powerful engines to be safely implemented, contributing to the rise of automobile, and it’s also widely applied in other industrial machinery and equipment. Even though the electric starter is ubiquitous, back-up spring-powered engine starters have been developed to overcome a dead battery or other electrical issues.
What's the Application of Spring Starter?
Spring starter is not a regular device for daily use. Instead, it’s a device that will provide mechanical starting when the battery of electric starter lacks power, which makes emergency/auxiliary generator sets more reliable to meet the requirements of firefighting, emergency rescue, military, marine, or some other harsh environments. The units of energy input, storage, transfer, and release are integrated into one spring starter assy. Requiring no external systems, the spring starter is a little larger than an electric starter. It only needs manpower to wind the input adaptor by winding handle, and the springs inside will be compressed to store energy. By pulling the trip lever, energy will be released to turn the engine flywheel. Then the engine gets started. Precisely because of these characteristics，where applications require rapid extraction of energy, springs starters (and other mechanical starter systems) have an advantage.
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Spring starter is a cost-effective mechanical starting device, which provides engine emergency starting solution when the battery lacks power. The mechanical starter is a complete system, not any other auxiliary required, widely used in the fire pump, military, marine, emergency rescue, petrochemicals, etc.
Working principle of spring starter
Spring starter uses disc springs to store and release energy, suits mini, medium, heavy-duty, and super heavy-duty diesel engines.
Spring starter composition
One spring starter assy is comprised of four mechanical systems including hand cranking, energy storage, energy release and clutch system.
Hand cranking system
The hand cranking system consists of the crankshaft, drive gear, etc. It is designed to input and conveys manpower. There are four functions of this system. First, it determines the space and angle for hand cranking. That makes operating more convenient and comfortable. Second, the rotation direction of input torque is adjustable, ensuring rotation direction accord with axis direction of spring starter’ main shaft. Third, the hand-cranking system limits the reverse rotation of the input adaptor. Fourth, it supports the main shaft in axis direction and thrust the main shaft in the radial direction.
Energy storage system
The energy storage system is the main mechanism of the spring starter. It consists of disc springs, main shaft, and some other auxiliary parts. There are two functions. One is converting input torque from the hand-cranking system to the force in the axial direction. The disc springs will be compressed by this force to store energy. The other one is converting the potential energy of disc springs to the output torque of the main shaft.
Engine release system
The release system is manipulating the mechanism of the spring starter. Its main spare parts are reset knob assy and trip lever. Reset knob controls energy storage status. Manipulate reset knob to stop the main shaft rotating, so that the whole system is ready for energy storage. When energy is full, manipulate the trip lever to release the main shaft. While disc springs will be decompressed, and the main shaft starts to rotate, driving the drive pinion to rotate, in order to drive engine flywheel.
Clutch system
Clutch system controls spring starter engage and disengage with engine flywheel. The major part of the clutch system is drive pinion. It is able to move in an axial direction with the aid of a spiral flute on the main shaft. Before starting the engine, the rotation of the main shaft drives pinion to move forward to engage with engine flywheel. When the engine starts to work, engine flywheel’s rotation will drive the pinion to disengage with it.
How to operate spring starter
It is easy to operate the spring starter. First, you need to confirm the fuel supply is prepared. Then pull reset knob, the trip lever will be at the “RESET” position. Use the winding handle to crank the input adaptor for specified turns to energy full. Pull the trip lever in the indicated direction to start the engine.
How to choose the right spring starter
Customers can select the product according to the engine’s displacement, load, installation space and so on. And a customized spring starter can be designed and manufactured depending on the installation interface of the engine.
Summary
Spring starter provides a perfect solution for emergency engine starter. It is an independent mechanical starter without any other auxiliary equipment and doesn’t require any other external power.