Motors

Motors

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Conduit box

Electrical equipment; Motors

The metal container usually on the side of the motor where the stator (winding) leads are attached to leads going to the power supply.

Grounded motor

Electrical equipment; Motors

A motor with an electrical connexion between the motor frame and ground.

A term used to describe non-uniform angular velocity. It refers to rotation occurring in jerks or increments rather than smooth motion. When an armature coil enters the magnetic field produced by the ...

Guarded motor

Electrical equipment; Motors

An open motor in which all openings giving direct access to live or rotating parts (except smooth shafts) are limited in size by the design of the structural parts or by screens, grills, expanded ...

Coil (stator or armature)

Electrical equipment; Motors

The electrical conductors wound into the core slot, electrically insulated from the iron core. These coils are connected into circuits or windings which carry independent current. It is these coils ...

Heat exchanger

Electrical equipment; Motors

A device which will transfer the heat from inside the motor to another medium, through a radiator type heat exchanger.

Commutator

Electrical equipment; Motors

A cylindrical device mounted on the armature shaft and consisting of a number of wedge-shaped copper segments arranged around the shaft (insulated from it and each other. The motor brushes ride on ...