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    A slip ring is an electromechanical device that allows the transmission of power and electrical signals from a stationary to a rotating structure. A slip...
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    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 resistance...
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    dip-slip, offset is predominantly vertical and/or perpendicular to the fault trace; or oblique-slip, combining strike-slip and dip-slip. In a strike-slip...
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    supplied through a split ring commutator as described above. AC motors' commutation can be achieved using either a slip ring commutator or external commutation...
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  • Doubly fed electric machines, Doubly fed induction generator (DFIG), or slip-ring generators, are electric motors or electric generators, where both the...
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    cost disadvantage, especially for constant loads. Large slip ring motor drives, termed slip energy recovery systems, some still in use, recover energy...
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    circuit carries much less power than the armature circuit, making the slip ring connections smaller and less costly; only two contacts are needed for...
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    copper or brass commutator or 'slip ring' to the shaft, with springs pressing braided copper wire 'brushes' onto the slip rings or commutator which conduct...
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    inductive loads, example: resistive furnaces, heaters 60947-4-1 AC-2 Slip-ring motors: switching off 60947-4-1 AC-3 Squirrel-cage motors: starting, switches...
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    design. In this instance, the rotating contacts are continuous rings, called slip rings, and no switching happens. Modern devices using carbon brushes...
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    ring was used to slip poison into an enemy's food or drink. A powder or liquid poison was stored in these instances. In other cases, the poison ring was...
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    windings on the rotor through a commutator, a combination of rotating slip ring and switches. AC induction motors also use field coils on the stator,...
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  • - Position Switch 34 - Master Sequence Device 35 - Brush-Operating or Slip-ring Short Circuiting Device 36 - Polarity or Polarizing Voltage Device 37...
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    by slip rings. An external direct current (DC) source is connected to the concentrically mounted slip rings with brushes running along the rings. The...
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  • addition, where signals and power need to pass to the model, some form of slip ring arrangement is required. Models for RTP can range from the very simple...
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    section, the rings may vary from round to flattened oval, the latter offering more friction on the penis and are therefore less likely to slip. Many of the...
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    AC motor (section Slip)
    to slip rings on the shaft. Carbon brushes connect the slip rings to a controller such as a variable resistor that allows changing the motor's slip rate...
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    (magnetize) the rotor. This is most straightforwardly supplied through slip rings. A brushless AC induction and rectifier arrangement can also be used....
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  • In psychoanalysis, a Freudian slip, also called parapraxis, is an error in speech, memory, or physical action that occurs due to the interference of an...
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  • Electric HVAC Motors Electrical generators High Voltage Induction Motor Slip Ring Motor Low Voltage AC motors DC motors Capacitors Electrical connector...
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    same purpose but which use spring-loaded brushes contacting concentric slip rings. In vehicle steering systems a clock spring or clockspring is a spiral-wound...
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    of supplying electric power to a rotating device, the use of slip rings. The slip rings are attached to one part of the machine, and a set of fine metal...
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    using either the fore or aft pair, after machining the ends to fit the slip ring and handguard cap. Because of the short barrel, the CAR-15 SMGs suffered...
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    Non-inductive or slightly inductive loads, resistance furnaces AC-2 - Starting of slip-ring motors: starting, switching-off AC-3 - Starting of squirrel-cage motors...
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    relation to each other. They may be either cylindrical or 'pancake' shaped. Slip rings can be used for the same purpose,[citation needed] but are subject to...
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  • functional M1A1 turret, M1 turret gear box, hydraulic pump and an M1A1 slip ring adapter. Many of the subsystems were already well proven and in volume...
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  • lower half of the head assembly. This recorder instead uses an earlier slip-ring and brush contact system for the spinning heads, with two sets of brushes...
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    replace (under one hour) Can provide useful charge at idle speed Use slip rings, having greatly extended brush life over a commutator (Or completely brushless...
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  • direction, the homopolar motor needs no commutator but still requires slip rings. The name homopolar indicates that the electrical polarity of the conductor...
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  • slip-rings and arranged so as to revolve midway between the magnetic poles. Two copper-graphite brushes connect with the external circuit on the slip-rings...
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