EXPERIMENT NO.

8
SPEED CONTROL OF A DC Shunt Motor.

APPARATUS:
• DC Machine
• Voltage Sources
• Scope
THEORY.
Direct-current motors are extensively used in variable-speed drives and position-
control systems where good dynamic response and steady-state performance are
required.
For example in application of robotic drives, printers, machine tools, process
rolling mills, paper and textile industries, and many others. Control of a dc motor,
especially of the separately excited type, is very straightforward, mainly because of
the incorporation of the commutator within the motor.
The commutator brush allows the motor-developed torque to be proportional to the
armature current if the field current is held constant. Classical control theories are
then easily applied to the design of the torque and other control loops of a drive
system.
Advantage of D.C. Drive
• Wide speed range
• High starting torque
• Very precise speed control
• Reliability and simple control
• Lower cost
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:
PROCEDURE:

• Connect all the circuit as shown above.

• Connect the two DC machine windings with the correct polarity.
• Connect a bus creator to machenical output terminal..
• Connect four scopes to the output of bus creator.
• Then vary the armature voltage.
• Verify by checking the reading of scope of speed.

OBSERVATIONS AND CALCULATIONS:

No. Armature Resistance Speed Torque Field Armature
of Voltage Current current
Obs.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10