DC Motor

Operation of DC Drives

Operation of DC Drives DC drive technology is the oldest form of electrical speed control. The speed of a DC motor is the simplest to control, and it can be varied over a very wide range. DC electronic variable-speed drives vary the speed of DC motors with greater efficiency and speed regulation than resistor control …

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PWM Control of DC Motors

Most commercial servo drives accept PWM and direction signals as input. Also, many servo drives produce a PWM output voltage signal to the load such as a motor coil instead of a linearly variable output voltage. A PWM signal is a square-wave signal of fixed amplitude and frequency, but the width of the on and …

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Operation of H-Bridge Circuit

A very common application of transistors is to construct drivers to drive motors. One such circuit is the H-bridge driver circuit, which is commonly used to drive motors in both directions. The circuit looks like the letter ‘H’ in circuit schematics, so it is called an H-bridge. An H-bridge circuit is constructed using four switching …

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Speed Control of DC Motor

The base speed listed on a DC motor’s nameplate is an indication of how fast the motor will run with rated armature voltage and rated load amperes at rated field current. DC motors can be operated below base speed by reducing the amount of voltage applied to the armature and above base speed by reducing …

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Operation of BLDC Motor

Unlike a brush DC motor, a brushless DC (BLDC) motor, as the name suggests has no brushes. Because there are no brushes, a BLDC motor produces little electrical and acoustic noise, and does not suffer from the wear of brushes and the need to replace them periodically. Thus a BLDC motor is more reliable than …

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Electric Braking of DC Motor

Controlled slowing or stopping of a motor and its driven load is as important as starting in many applications like cranes and electric traction. Sometimes electric braking is better than other breaking systems due to its greater economy and absence of brake wear.   Therefore, electric braking of dc motors has its own importance, keeping …

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BLDC Motor Working Principle

Hi friends, In this article, I am providing you some basic information about Brushless DC motor i.e. BLDC motor. With the help of this information you can easily understand the BLDC motor working principle and operation. The torque-speed characteristics and the flexibility of the dc motor have made it a very attractive choice for applications …

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Characteristics of DC Motor

The performance of a DC motor can be judged by its characteristics and a motor for any particular application can be selected easily. The performance characteristics of DC motor are: Torque versus armature current (T v/s Ia) Speed versus armature current (N v/s Ia) Torque versus speed (T v/s N) Characteristics of DC Motor While …

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