DIRECT CURRENT DYNAMOS PART 1

1. Define the term dynamo.

Ans.     Dynamo is a symbol of power. Electrically, it is a rotating machine that converts mechanical

energy into mechanical energy.

2. Name the various parts of the dynamo and indicate which parts are stationary and which rotate.

Ans.     Two sections of dynamos are the stator which is stationary and rotor, the portion that rotates.

3. From what material is each part listed in Question 2 made?

Ans.     Stator’s field is built up of customary laminated steel core and winding, while the rotor, is built up
of laminated core, and slotted to receive the insulated copper armature winding.

4. What is meant by pole core?  pole shoe?

Ans.     Pole cores is built of a stack of steel laminations about 0.025 in. thick per          lamination, having
good magnetic qualities; rivets are driven through holes in the    sheets to fasten together a stack of
such laminations equal to the axial length of         the armature core. Pole shoe permits the flux to spread
out over a wider area     where the flux enters the armature core.

5. Why are laminations used in constructing the field core?

Ans.     Field core is built up of a stack of steel lamination because it has good magnetic             qualities.

6. Why are laminations used in constructing the armature core?

Ans.     Armature core is built up of a stack of steel lamination because it has good         magnetic

qualities. It has circular section.

7. Why are pole cores constructed with a shoe?

Ans.     Poles cores are constructed with a shoe in order to permit the flux to spread out a          wider
area where the flux enters the armature core.

8. What two kinds of field winding are used for generators and motors? Describe the construction of
each?
Ans.     1.) The shunt field – a shunt in which there are turns of fine wires.

            2.) Compound field – a compound field in which both a shunt and series winding            are used.

9. What is the purpose of dipping and baking field coils?

Ans.     The purposes of dipping and baking field coils are to add stiffness, mechanical   strength, and
good insulating properties to the winding.

10. What is the yoke? What purpose does it serve? How it is usually constructed?

Ans.     Yoke is the outside frame of a machine; it is usually a circular iron or steel ring
of            rectangular section, sometimes rounded on the surface for added strength. It is         where the
field-pole assemblies are bolted.