Motors for Makers: A Guide to Steppers, Servos, and Other Electrical Machines

Index

Numbers

48P 76T spur gear, 118

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AC generators, 279, 283-284

classifying, 284

magnetos, 284-285

self-excited generators, 285-286

AC motors, 10-11, 90

asynchronous polyphase motors, 89, 96

current and torque, 97

electromagnetic induction, 96

squirrel-cage rotors, 97-98

wound rotors, 98-100

controls, 106

eddy-current drives, 106-107

variable-frequency drive (VFD), 107-108

VFD harmonic distortion, 108-109

EV conversion, 265

polyphase motors, 89, 91

power factor, 94-95

rotating magnetic fields, 92-94

stators, 91-92

synchronous speed, 94

single-phase motors, 89, 103

capacitor-start motor, 104-105

shaded-pole motor, 105-106

split-phase motors, 103-104

single-phase power, 90

synchronous polyphase motors, 89, 100

doubly excited synchronous motors, ...