Motors

Motors

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full-load current

Electrical equipment; Motors

The current flowing through the line when the motor is operating at full-load torque and full-load speed with rated frequency and voltage applied to the motor terminals.

capacitor start

Electrical equipment; Motors

The capacitor start single phase motor is basically the same as the split phase start, except that it has a capacitor in series with the starting winding. The addition of the capacitor provides a ...

full-load torque

Electrical equipment; Motors

That torque of a motor necessary to produce its rated horsepower at full-load speed, sometimes referred to as running torque.

back end of a motor

Electrical equipment; Motors

The back end of a normal motor is the end which carries the coupling or driving pulley. (NEMA) This is sometimes called the drive end (D.E., pulley end P.E.) etc.

The introduction of resistance in series with the shunt wound field of a DC motor to reduce the voltage and current which weakens the strength of the magnetic field and thereby increases the motor ...

base speed

Electrical equipment; Motors

The speed which a DC motor develops at rated armature and field voltage with rated load applied.

flange

Electrical equipment; Motors

Mounting endshield with special rabbets and bolt holes for mounting such equipment as pumps and gear boxes to the motor or for overhanging the motor on the driven machine.