Types of Electric Motors
Because electric motors are used in a wide range of applications, it's never without benefit to learn about them. You employ electric motors if you have an air conditioning system at home or run an air compressor at a factory.
As a result, if you understand the many types of electric motors, you'll be better informed about your system and have greater control over its functionality.
An electric motor, often known as a motor or engine, is an electrical-mechanical device that converts electricity into movement or mechanical energy.
The majority of the motion is rotational. A magnetic field is generated by the flow of electricity, and what happens in an electric motor is to generate a rotational movement perpendicular to the direction of current and magnetism.
Electric motors may be categorized in a number of ways. One approach to categorize them is by the enclosures they are housed in. Drip Proof (ODP) motors, which are designed for clean, dry, indoor applications and have an improved variant known as Weather Protected motors with WP1 or WP2 enclosure configuration, are available.
For a variety of electric motors, we offer Totally Enclosed Fan Cooled (TEFC), Totally Enclosed Air Over (TEAO), Totally Enclosed Forced Ventilated (TEFV), and Totally Enclosed Non-Ventilated (TENV) enclosure designs.
The use of explosion-proof (Ex) motors in hazardous locations where there is a risk of explosion due to the presence of some explosive fluids, dust, or other factors.
DC Motor Types
A DC motor, often known as a direct-connection rotary electric motor, converts direct electrical power into mechanical energy. There are four primary forms of DC motors all of which are utilized in various ways.
DC motors are found almost everywhere, and they're making our lives a lot more convenient. In general, any device that uses electricity to provide different motions does so using DC motor types. Direct connection motors, for example, which operate in the same way as wind turbines do, can be seen anywhere.
The four most frequent sorts of direct connection motors are as follows:
1. Permanent Magnet DC Motor
2. Series DC Motors
3. Shunt DC Motors
4. Compound DC Motors
The following resources are useful for learning more about various types of DC motors and electric motors.
References:
https://www.linquip.com/blog/types-of-electric-motors/
https://www.britannica.com/technology/electric-motor
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