2nd half First Semester Flashcards
Mass
/32.2
Force due to weight/gravity
Are polyphase/3 Phase AC motors self starting?
Yes, multiple phases spaced 120 degrees
A phase spaced 120 apart from B phase spaced 120 apart from C phase
Object
Made up of matter, has mass
Permanent Split Capacitor
1/120-1 HP
Light starting motor
Commutator is found in ____ type of AC motor
Commutator is in wound motors
How does DC motor spin?
Interaction of magnetic field of Armature to magnetic field of the field repel and attract causes motor to spin around
Velocity Formula
Displacement/time
4 Types of Belts
- Round
- Flat
- Synchronous
- V Belt
Signal from drive to motor
High voltage
High current
+/- 0-180v DC
Worm drive
Input shaft will be smaller than output shaft, because less torque on input
Commutator
DC motor
Device that changes polarity on the armature every half rotation
Resistance
Opposition of flow of electrons
Impedance
Total resistance to flow in an AC circuit as result of reactance & resistance
What’s inside VFD?
DC rectifier
Filter to clean signal
High speed transistor
Which fabricates a sine wave that’s still DC, allowing us to change frequency
Frequency is what changes speed
What is Octal used for?
Memory addressing
Largest number displayed is 377
PWM
Pulse Width Modulation fabricates a sine wave with DC power
fooling motor into thinking it’s receiving three phase AC power but it’s DC in pulses
3 types of Speed
Fixed speed
Multiple Speed - like HI, LO, MED
Variable Speed
How change direction on 3 Phase motor?
Swap 2 phases
2 parts of AC motors
- Rotor
2. Stator
Armature
Rotating part of the DC motor
PLC
Programmable Logic Control
aka All-in-one
Aka brick
Industrialized Microprocessor
Before PLC we had relay logic
Average Velocity
=(Vi+VF)/2
Shunt DC Motor
1 voltage to armature
Different voltage to field
Less voltage will speed up field, more will slow.
3 steps to PLC
- Checks inputs
- Scans program
- Writes outputs
Universal Motor
1/60–2 HP
Hard starting
AC or DC, brushes
Sewing machines
Potential energy
Energy due to position
Insulator
Material that has few free electrons
Inductance
Property of an electrical circuit that opposes the change in current
-current lags behind voltage
NEMA Standard for running wires
1-3 are running’s
Current
Amount of electrons passing a particular point over a given time
Why use brushes on commutator?
Brushes are carbon & will resist wearing down