TOPIC 2 CONSTRUCTION OF DC MOTORS

Starter
Discuss if you study the design description of equipment after its buying.

Language Study

2 Look at the picture. What electrical machine do you see?

Write down the rotating and stationary parts of the dc motor.

Rotating parts Stationary parts

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3 Match the words with their definitions.

a pole a continuous moving on or passing by

a a series of bars or segments so connected to
commutator armature coils of a generator or motor
a flux a central and often foundational part

A B C

4 Match the words with their synonyms.

word synonym
1 rotate a frame
2 widen b round
3 assemble c winding
4 mount d extend
5 yoke e place
6 house f revolve
7 armature i center
8 core g rotor
9 coil h gether
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

5 Change the words for their antonyms.

find, open, break down, destruct, decrease,

achieve, separate, hide
1. increase -
2. connect -
3. construct -
4. show -
5. lose -
6. compose -
7. close -
8. start -

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6 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
mounted, core, rotates, assemble, poles, combine

a) We’ve just received a new machine for ER, all I have to do now is to
it.
b) This device is faulty, it backwards!
c) These details are on both bodies on the motor.
d) The magnet has two .
e) This type of motor features of both different motors.
f) The main engine is the of the whole ship.

7 Cross the odd word out in each line. Explain your choice.

 motor, circuit, energy, sun, voltage

 device, converting, mechanical, electrical
 shunt motors, parallel, torque, speed, machine
 flash, sky, thunderstorm, rotor
 generator, compound motor, armature circuit, field coils