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Starter Basics. Motor Principles. DC motors interaction of magnetic fields to convert electrical energy to mechanical energy Current is applied to field and armature Conductor tends to move from weak magnetic field to strong magnetic field.
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Motor Principles • DC motors interaction of magnetic fields to convert electrical energy to mechanical energy • Current is applied to field and armature • Conductor tends to move from weak magnetic field to strong magnetic field. • For armature to continue rotating, the current flow must be reversed.
Conductor Current • Conductor has magnetic flux lines around it • Opposes north and south fields which causes loop of wire to turn.
Magnet • Has north and south pole. • Magnetic lines of force move from north to south pole.
Conductor in Magnetic Field • As current travels through conductor and fields, conductor moves.
Flux lines always tend to want to be straight • Fields act on each other
Made of Laminated Core • Solid Steel Shaft • Commutator • Lap and Wave Wound
Stationary Field Windings • Iron Core & Windings concentrate magnetic field • Fields have north and south pole based on direction windings are wound around pole shoes
3 Methods of Connecting Fields • Series Wound • Maximum torque when starts • Shunt Wound • Used in smaller motors • Compound Wound • Constant speed Page C143
The power is in the size of the windings, the size of the windings, the number of turns and how its wound
PERMANENT MAGNET STARTER MOTOR • Has no field circuit • Very light weight • Usually gear reduction starter motors • Fairly fragile • Permanent magnets are stronger than typical permanent motors (Made of boron, neodymium and iron)