Why field windings and output windings are

perpendicular to each other in induction

tahcogenerator

Presented to Dr/ Ahmed Salem

Presented by / Marwa Ragab Taher
Level :4

Induction tachogenerator:
One type of ac induction tachogenerator is the drag-cup type.
drag-cup In general, includes a stator with two windings , an
input winding and an output winding. These two windings are
at 90 to one another electrically. the windings are in
distributed form and ensure prober distribution of flux and
flux density at the air gap .The phase between the ac output
and the ac reference signal is determined by the polarity of the
dc input signal. The phase of the ac output indicates
the direction of error (direction of the load movement).
The amplitude of the ac output is proportional to the
amplitude of the dc input signal and indicates the amount of
error signal (speed or angular displacement of the load).

Since the windings are at 90, the magnetic field produced by

an alternating current in the input winding does not induce
any current in the output winding. However, a cylindrical
drag-cup of conducting, non-magnetic material, usually
aluminum, causes development of a cross field when the cup
is rotated, and this induces a voltage in the output winding.
The voltage induced in the output winding depends on the
speed at which the drag-cup is rotated, and the output voltage
therefore provides a measurement of the speed of rotation of
the drag-cup. winding is proportional to the rotor's speed.As
the speed depends on both the amplitude of the voltage and
frequency, anyone of them can be used as a measure of the
speed. In an A.C. tachometer, it is the induced voltage that is
considered as the required parameter.