‘World’s Fastest Motor’ 10 times Faster than Boeing 747 Aircraft Engine

Technology.am (June 29, 2009) — Sir James Dyson has unveiled a hand-held vacuum cleaner which is run on “the fastest motor in the world”, ten times quicker than the engine of a Boeing 747 aircraft.

The DC 31 vacuum, which weighs 2.2lb, is the first ever domestic appliance to incorporate a so-called digital switched reluctance motor, which Sir James claims is the “fastest motor in the world.”

At 104,000 revolutions per minute, the motor turns ten times as fast as a commercial aircraft, five times as fast as a Formula 1 engine and more than twice as fast as the most powerful industrial milling machines.

The only thing quicker is a dentist’s drill, but that is technically a turbine, not a motor.

The digital motor is half the weight and size of a normal motor of the same power. The £129 hand-held vacuum cleaner will go on sale next month.

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2 Responses to “‘World’s Fastest Motor’ 10 times Faster than Boeing 747 Aircraft Engine”

• Interesting Reading #308 – The Blogs at HowStuffWorks Says:
  11.32.40 at 11:32 am

  [...] ‘World’s Fastest Motor’ 10 times Faster than Boeing 747 Aircraft Engine – “Sir James Dyson has unveiled a hand-held vacuum cleaner which is run on “the fastest motor in the world”, ten times quicker than the engine of a Boeing 747 aircraft…” [...]

• Russell Says:
  11.43.48 at 11:43 am

  You should make it clear that this is an electric motor, as Turbines typically run as fast as 150,000 rpm or more.

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