Caloocan Campus

College of Engineering

EE Department

EXPERIMENT # 2

Armature Windings

Instructor: ENGR. REBONG

Name: HERRERA, MARK KENNETH R.

Student number: 20111128871

Subject and Section: NEE 419 1ECM

Date Performed: January 06, 2016

Date Submitted: January 08, 2016

LIST OF INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT AND THEIR DESCRIPTION

Armature Winding

- The main current-carrying winding in which the electromotive force or counter-emf of

rotation is induced.

DATA

a. Simplex Lap Winding

C S S C S S C
1 1 7 2 2 8 3
3 3 9 4 4 10 5
5 5 11 6 6 12 7
7 7 13 8 8 14 9
9 9 15 10 10 16 11
11 11 17 12 12 18 13
13 13 19 14 14 20 15
15 15 21 16 16 22 17
17 17 23 18 18 24 19
19 19 25 20 20 1 21
21 21 2 22 22 3 23
23 23 4 24 24 5 25
25 25 6 1

b. Simplex Wave Winding

 C S S C S S C
1 1 7 14 14 20 2
2 2 8 15 15 21 3
3 3 9 16 16 22 4
4 4 10 17 17 23 5
5 5 11 18 18 24 6
6 6 12 19 19 25 7
7 7 13 20 20 1 8
8 8 14 21 21 2 9
9 9 15 22 22 3 10
10 10 16 23 23 4 11
11 11 17 24 24 5 12
12 12 18 25 25 6 13
13 13 19 1

COMPUTATION

a. Simplex Lap Winding

25 = +1
= = = 6.25 6
4

b. Simplex Wave Winding

25
= = = 6.25 6
4

4
= ( + )/(2) = (25 + 1)/(2) = +13

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
 1. Why is the armature windings referred to as the heart of the dynamo?

- Because It is where the voltage is generated in the generator or; Torque is developed in the

motor The armature coil (copper conductor) ends are soldered to the commutator ,

afterwhich the latter is turned down and undercut.

2. With respect to armature windings, differentiate inductor from capacitor.

- Inductor is used for induction generator and after that induction generator is

operating, capacitors can be used to supply the excitation.

3. Determine the number of parallel paths that will be developed in the following dynamo

given the number of poles and the type of winding employed:

a. Ten pole, duplex wave wound

= 2 = 22 = 4

b. Six pole, simplex lap wound

= = 16 = 6

c. Eight pole, Simplex wave wound

= = 12 = 2

DISCUSSION
 In this experiment we are able to know the reason behind that armature windings are

placed in certain slots of the armature core and connected to designated bars of the commutator

and to understand the difference between lap windings and wave windings. Also we are able to

determine the number of parallel paths developed between the positive and negative brushes and

be able to draw the developed and radial winding diagram.

First of all, we need to read and understand carefully the discussion and procedures in the

manual to have an idea about armature windings and its background. Then we apply it to

exercises, we first compute for the value of coil pitch and commutator pitch by using the given

formulas and values of Slots, no. of poles and commutator bars. We used the formula = to

find coil pitch for both simplex lap winding and simplex wave winding. We have the value of coil

pitch of 1 in simplex lap winding while in simplex wave winding we used the formula = ( +

)/(2) to find coil pitch in simplex wave winding. After that we developed the radial winding

diagram of the dynamo in the exercise in the manual.

CONCLUSION
 After doing the experiment and complete the datas needed, I conclude that armature

winding is Armature winding is the heart of all dynamos because it is where the voltage is generated

in the generator or torque is developed in the motor. I observed that the primary difference

between lap winding and wave winding is the current (amperage) and voltage requirements of the

generators. Generators requiring a high current with low voltage use lap winding. For a low current

and high voltage, generators use wave winding. Another difference between lap and wave winding

is the number of parallel paths. In lap winding, the number of parallel paths will always match the

number of brushes and poles. On the other hand, with wave winding the number of paths is always

two.

REFERENCES

Armature Winding of a Dynamo

By Acteds

Basic Construction And Working Of A DC Generator.

By Kiran Daware