Tag: Electrical motors
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How to Wire an Industrial Control Motor
Option 1: With a Toggle Switch Let’s consider a simple three-phase, 480V AC motor control circuit consisting of a contactor, overload block, control power transformer, power fuses or (you may use circuit breakers) and the associated components as illustrated … Read more
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Fuses & Circuit Breakers vs. Overload Heaters for Industrial Motor Protection
A key component of any motor control circuit is some kind of device to detect a condition of excessive overload and interrupt the power to the motor before thermal damage occurs to it. An overload heater is a simple and … Read more
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Permanent Magnet DC Motors – Operation & Applications
Permanent magnet dc motors employ a permanent magnet instead of stationary field winding (as with the case of some other types of dc motors) for producing the required magnetic flux. These stationary magnets are normally fixed to the outer shell … Read more