Level 3 Electrotechnical

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Unit 103: Electrical Scientific Principles and
Technologies

Understand the operating principles and

applications of dc machines and ac motors

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dc machines – force on a conductor

Direction of motor movement
Change direction of current or flux
Changes direction of motion
Fleming’s left-hand motor rule

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dc machines – force on a conductor

Strength of motor
• Magnetic flux density (B, measured in webers/m2 or Tesla, T)
• Length of conductor between poles (L, measured in m)
• Applied current (I, measured in Amperes, A)
Force on a conductor
F = BIL (N)
Expressed in ‘newtons’ N

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dc machines – force on a conductor

Example:
A motor has a armature conductor with an effective length of 1.2m and
is placed in to a magnetic field of 0.56T.
If a current of 2.1A is drawn, what is the force on the armature?

F = BIL
F = 0.56 × 2.1 × 1.2
F = 1.41 N

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dc machines
Construction
Armature/field winding magnetic interaction

Two windings create the torque

Commutator segments
maintain motor direction

Carbon brushes connect

power to armature through
commutator

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