An AC motor is an electric motor driven by an alternating current (AC). The AC motor commonly consists of two basic parts, an outside stator having coils...

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...

A synchronous electric motor is an AC electric motor in which, at steady state, the rotation of the shaft is synchronized with the frequency of the supply...

energy. Electric motors can be powered by direct current (DC) sources, such as from batteries or rectifiers, or by alternating current (AC) sources, such...

The AC Cobra, sold in the United States as the Shelby Cobra and AC Shelby Cobra, is a sports car manufactured by British company AC Cars, with a Ford...

The universal motor is a type of electric motor that can operate on either AC or DC power and uses an electromagnet as its stator to create its magnetic...

The first car from the company that eventually became AC was presented at the Crystal Palace motor show in 1903; it was a 20 HP touring car and was displayed...

variable-speed drive, AC drive, micro drive, inverter drive, or drive) is a type of AC motor drive (system incorporating a motor) that controls speed and...

mills. The advent of power electronics has made replacement of DC motors with AC motors possible in many applications. A coil of wire with a current running...

introduction of a functional AC motor, something these systems had lacked up till then. The design, an induction motor, was independently invented by...

electronic. Sometimes motor drive refers to a drive used to control a motor and therefore gets interchanged with VFD or VSD. AC electric motors can be run in...

control method in which the stator currents of a three-phase AC or brushless DC electric motor are identified as two orthogonal components that can be visualized...

such as United Motors Corporation, United Motors Service, and United Delco. The brand "ACDelco" should not be confused with GM's former AC Delco Systems...

high-power DC brushed motors, once the mainstay of industry, were replaced by alternating current (AC) synchronous motors. Today, brushed motors are used only...

dynamo-motor) Creating or balancing a three-wire DC system. AC at one frequency to AC at another harmonically-related frequency AC at a fixed voltage to AC of...

personal computers or DVD players, function on modified sine wave power. AC motors directly operated on non-sinusoidal power may produce extra heat, may...

alternating current which leads to the two main classifications: AC motors and DC motors. An AC motor converts alternating current into mechanical energy. It commonly...

A stepper motor, also known as step motor or stepping motor, is a Brushless DC electric motor that rotates in a series of small and discrete angular steps...

A repulsion motor is a type of electric motor which runs on alternating current (AC). It was formerly used as a traction motor for electric trains (e.g...

of high-precision motor systems. The group, including its subsidiaries, deals in electric AC motors, DC motors, encoders, gears, motor controllers, and...

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

set arbitrarily. Referring to Fig 1, AC-AC converters can be categorized as follows: Indirect AC-AC (or AC/DC-AC) converters (i.e., with rectifier, DC...

or chatter of relay or power contacts. A shaded-pole motor is an AC single phase induction motor. Its includes an auxiliary winding composed of a copper...

For three phase motors, this is achieved by swapping the wires connecting any two phases. Single phase AC motors and direct-current motors often can be reversed...

described as: AC-1 - Non-inductive or slightly inductive loads, resistance furnaces AC-2 - Starting of slip-ring motors: starting, switching-off AC-3 - Starting...

develop a range of electrical and mechanical devices. His AC induction motor and related polyphase AC patents, licensed by Westinghouse Electric in 1888, earned...

single-motor front-wheel drive or dual-motor all-wheel drive configurations. The front is powered by a permanent magnet synchronous AC motor that makes...

control of AC motors such as used for pumps and fans. The speed of a synchronous or induction AC motor is dependent on the frequency of the AC power supply...

Most DC-to-AC converters (power inverters), most AC/AC converters, the DC-to-DC push–pull converter, isolated DC-to-DC converter most motor controllers...

of the input and output power: AC to DC (rectifier) DC to AC (inverter) DC to DC (DC-to-DC converter) AC to AC (AC-to-AC converter) Power electronics started...