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 connection 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 ...

capacitor

Electrical equipment; Motors

A device which, when connected in an alternating-current circuit, causes the current to lead the voltage in time phase. The peak of the current wave is reached ahead of the peak of the voltage wave. ...

front end of a motor

Electrical equipment; Motors

The front end of a normal motor is the end opposite the coupling or driving pulley. (NEMA) This is sometimes called the opposite pulley end (O.P.E.) or commutator end (C.E.).

capacitor motor

Electrical equipment; Motors

A single-phase induction motor with a main winding arranged for direct connection to the power source, and auxiliary winding connected in series with a capacitor. There are three types of capacitor ...