An induction motor or asynchronous motor is an AC electric motor in which the electric current in the rotor that produces torque is obtained by electromagnetic...

induction motor (LIM) is an alternating current (AC), asynchronous linear motor that works by the same general principles as other induction motors but...

Polyphase induction motors are widely used in industry. Induction motors may be divided into Squirrel Cage Induction Motors (SCIM) and Wound Rotor Induction Motors...

rotation. The two main types of AC motors are induction motors and synchronous motors. The induction motor (or asynchronous motor) always relies on a small difference...

magnetized rotor is provided with a squirrel cage, so that the motor starts like an induction motor, once the rotor is pulled into synchronism with its magnet...

fed synchronous motors use independently-excited multiphase AC electromagnets for both rotor and stator. Synchronous and induction motors are the most widely...

is used to control AC synchronous and induction motors. It was originally developed for high-performance motor applications that are required to operate...

spacecraft propulsion.[citation needed] They are usually of the AC linear induction motor (LIM) design with an active three-phase winding on one side of the...

Electromagnetic induction has found many applications, including electrical components such as inductors and transformers, and devices such as electric motors and...

induction generator or asynchronous generator is a type of alternating current (AC) electrical generator that uses the principles of induction motors...

squirrel-cage rotor is the rotating part of the common squirrel-cage induction motor. It consists of a cylinder of steel laminations, with aluminum or copper...

York to develop a range of electrical and mechanical devices. His AC induction motor and related polyphase AC patents, licensed by Westinghouse Electric...

much simpler, higher-reliability AC induction motors known as asynchronous traction motors. Synchronous AC motors are also occasionally used, as in the...

dual motor Tesla models use a combination of a permanent magnet motor at the back and traditional induction motor at the front. Permanent magnet motors are...

A wound-rotor motor, also known as slip ring-rotor motor, is a type of induction motor where the rotor windings are connected through slip rings to external...

was pioneered by the engineers Nikola Tesla, Galileo Ferraris, and Michail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky. Alternator Induction motor Single-phase generator v t e...

the line frequency, universal motors can develop higher-than-synchronous speeds, making them lighter than induction motors of the same rated mechanical...

A Dahlander motor (also known as a pole changing motor, dual- or two speed-motor) is a type of multispeed three-phase induction motor, in which the speed...

the first to understand the interchangeability of motor and generator. Induction (asynchronous) motors, generators and alternators (synchronous) have an...

only a single permanent magnet motor rotor/stator design, a single induction motor rotor/stator design, a single motor inverter design, and a single gear...

grain-oriented (30Q120) steel was used to make the stator tooth for an induction motor. It used 18 teeth between the two rotors. Each stator tooth was wound...

induction motor (also called an asynchronous motor) with a copper rotor (which inspired the Tesla logo). These motors use electromagnetic induction,...

induction motor. Some types of single-phase motors or synchronous motors can be advantageous in some situations, but generally three-phase induction motors...

switches on and off, demonstrated a primitive induction motor. The idea of a rotating magnetic field in an AC motor was explored by the Italian physicist and...

electrically isolated from each other, producing higher fault tolerance than induction motors. The optimal drive waveform is not a pure sinusoid, due to the non-linear...

equivalent to the squirrel-cage structure of a conventional induction motor, and the motor runs as such. Commutators were used as simple forward-off-reverse...

source produces the changing magnetic field, in some cases, a linear induction motor generates the field. EDS is used for maglev trains, such as the Japanese...

launches carrier-based aircraft by means of a catapult employing a linear induction motor rather than the conventional steam piston, providing greater precision...

field inducing a current in the rotor, this type of motor meets the definition of an induction motor. In another arrangement, one rotor is inside the stator...

permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM), but can also be a switched reluctance motor, or an induction (asynchronous) motor. They may also use neodymium...