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10 comments · Dec 20, 2012

Anatomy of a Blender, Part 2

Blendtec anatomy of a blender part 2

Feature #3: Power for the People

In a previous post, Nate Hirst discussed the advantages of a high-powered blender. When it comes to making milk shakes, ice cream, fruit smoothies, peanut butter and other thick blends, you'll appreciate the extra Blendtec Blender Motor Blendtec Blender Motor power Blendtec offers. So what makes a Blendtec blender so powerful?  It’s all in the motor. Place our armature (the spinning part of the motor) next to one from a low-powered blender, and it's easy to see which one would win a fight. Our commercial-grade motor is rated at 1560 watts—more than 4 times the rating of lower-powered blenders! To look at it from another perspective, a standard washing machine motor is rated at about 920 watts, while a shop vacuum and microwave are rated at approximately 1000 watts. All of that power creates a lot of heat. We cool the motor using a specially designed seven-bladed fan. The fan blades are unevenly sized and spaced, eliminating the resonance effects (which create a loud noise) common in standard fans. This allows us to keep the motor cool with a minimum of fan noise. Carbon Bearings_Blendtec Blender Carbon Bearings On A Blendtec Blender[/caption] We mount the armature using two carbon steel bearings, in contrast to the bronze bushings used in most low-power blenders. Bearings are quieter than bushings, allow for higher speeds (up to 28,000 rpm in our blenders), and provide longer life. So, is it really necessary to have such a big motor? If all you plan on doing with your blender is mix relatively soft ingredients, then maybe not. But if you want to crush ice and frozen fruit, blend grain into flour, turn granulated sugar into powdered sugar or make soup in seconds, then you need a high-powered blender. How does a bigger blender motor help you? Let us know in the comments section.
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  • Kelli Farley Jul 06, 2015

    If you have a good transformer, the blender should work fine. However, it will void your warranty.


  • Michael Shalom Jun 26, 2015

    I bought a Blendtec Blender about 3 years ago or so. When I move to Europe, I know I will need to have a sufficiently large capacity step down isolation transformer to provide it 120V. Will the blender work properly on the 50 Hz??

    Please let me know the details.

    Thank you.

    Michael


  • Kelli Farley Feb 22, 2015

    Yes, you can make hot soup in Blendtec blenders.


  • ART CAGLE Feb 15, 2015

    I’ve been looking at vitamix and their blender has a max RPM37,000 help me please
    what does that do for me?? Can you make hot soup with your blender??


  • Kelli Farley Jan 28, 2014

    Our motors are made in the U.S.

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