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    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...
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    induction motor (LIM) is an alternating current (AC), asynchronous linear motor that works by the same general principles as other induction motors but...
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    Polyphase induction motors are widely used in industry. Induction motors may be divided into Squirrel Cage Induction Motors (SCIM) and Wound Rotor Induction Motors...
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    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...
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  • induction generator or asynchronous generator is a type of alternating current (AC) electrical generator that uses the principles of induction motors...
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    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...
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  • is used to control AC synchronous and induction motors. It was originally developed for high-performance motor applications that are required to operate...
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    fed synchronous motors use independently-excited multiphase AC electromagnets for both rotor and stator. Synchronous and induction motors are the most widely...
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    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...
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    Electromagnetic induction has found many applications, including electrical components such as inductors and transformers, and devices such as electric motors and...
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    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...
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    York to develop a range of electrical and mechanical devices. His AC induction motor and related polyphase AC patents, licensed by Westinghouse Electric...
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    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...
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    much simpler, higher-reliability AC induction motors known as asynchronous traction motors. Synchronous AC motors are also occasionally used, as in the...
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    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...
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    Rotor (electric) (category Electric motors)
    the first to understand the interchangeability of motor and generator. Induction (asynchronous) motors, generators and alternators (synchronous) have an...
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    the line frequency, universal motors can develop higher-than-synchronous speeds, making them lighter than induction motors of the same rated mechanical...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    starting of induction motors is accompanied by inrush currents up to 7-10 times higher than running current, and higher efficiency motors can experience...
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  • (FAM) is the target state variable of the field acceleration method is induction motor torque. In FAM theory, co-ordinate transformation is not involved....
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    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...
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    induction motor. Some types of single-phase motors or synchronous motors can be advantageous in some situations, but generally three-phase induction motors...
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    Commutator (electric) (category Electric motors)
    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...
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    A motor capacitor is an electrical capacitor that alters the current to one or more windings of a single-phase alternating-current induction motor to create...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (category Linear induction motors)
    launches carrier-based aircraft by means of a catapult employing a linear induction motor rather than the conventional steam piston, providing greater precision...
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    Tesla, Inc. (redirect from Tesla motors)
    induction motor (also called an asynchronous motor) with a copper rotor (which inspired the Tesla logo). These motors use electromagnetic induction,...
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  • 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...
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