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AC Motor Rotors in Detail In depth review of AC motor Rotor construction and design
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AC Motor Rotors in Detail
• Overview/Objectives:
o Rotor Material and Construction Options
o Rotor Components in Detail
o Rotor Shaft and Endplate Details
o Motor Bearing Types and Uses
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• Rotor Highlights and Considerations
o Material
– Copper Bar
– Cast Aluminum
o Ducted or Solid
o Bar Shape / Slot Design
o Balance Tolerance
Motor Rotor
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Cast Rotor
• Rotor bars are formed during casting. Therefore, they are in direct contact with laminations
• Less expensive
• Lighter weight
• Internal fans are part of the casting
Bar Rotor
• Rugged Construction
• More Expensive
• Repairable
• Multiple Alloys = Different Speed/Torque Characteristics
• Better for high start applications
Motor Rotor – Material
Considerations
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Cast Aluminum Rotor
Copper Bar Rotor
Motor Rotor – Solid Rotors
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Motor Rotor – Cast Ducted Design
Axial Ducts
Radial Ducts
Cast Internal Fans
Notice:
• Integral cast fans
• Integral cast end rings
• Integral balance sprues
• Axial passages thru rotor
• Radial paths thru rotor laminations
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Motor Rotor – Bar Ducted Design
Axial Ducts Radial Ducts
Mounted Internal Fans
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Cast Rotor Construction
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Cast Rotor Construction
• Preheating helps ensure quality castings by reducing the stresses and voids that would occur due to temperature variations between the molten aluminum and the tooling.
• Rotor laminations and molds used to form the end rings and integrally cast fans are placed in a preheated oven.
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Cast Rotor Construction
• Laminations and molds are stacked on an arbor to form a tooling assembly
• Laminations are rotated during the punching operation to make sure that any thickness variations in the steel are evenly distributed along the length of the rotor.
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Cast Rotor Construction
• Molten aluminum at over 1200 °F is poured into the shot well in the bottom of the casting machine.
• The tooling assembly is then placed over the well and pressed together.
• The casting machine door is closed and the aluminum is injected into the tooling assembly.
• Vent holes in the mold (near the top) allow for escape of gases.
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Cast Rotor Construction
• The tooling assembly is removed from the casting machine and the lower and upper molds are removed.
• At this point the core is now held together by the bars and endrings which are cast into one continuous piece.
• The extra aluminum or flashing is then removed from the rotor by using a file or hand grinder.
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Copper Bar Rotor Construction
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Short Circuit Rings
Copper Bar Rotor Construction
Rotor Bars
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Core steel stacked to form
rotor length
Copper Bar Rotor Construction
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Copper Bar Rotor Construction
Rotor stacked for pressing and to torque the studs
Rotor Core Assembly
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Copper Bar Rotor Construction
Inserting Bars
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Bars are inserted.
Note bar lengths are longer than the rotor stack
Copper Bar Rotor Construction
Rotor Studs and End Plates
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Copper Bar Rotor Construction
6-8 “Pins” are welded into the rotor. These will help locate the cage after the short circuit rings are brazed on.
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Rotisserie Base
Copper Bar Rotor Construction
• Silver Solder and Flux installed between bars.
• A machine cuts each piece of solder to the same length from a spool of material.
• The same number of solder pieces are placed between each bar.
Solder before braze
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Copper Bar Rotor Construction
Solder after braze
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Rotor/Shaft Construction
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Rotor/Shaft Construction
Shaft is dropped into heated rotor
Assembly is allowed to cool vertically.
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Rotor/Shaft Construction
Rotor is turned in the lathe to size
Rotor is balanced to spec
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Rotor/Shaft Balance
Balance weight welded-in
Balance Sprue with washer
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Rotor/Shaft Construction
• After balancing the rotor will be painted.
• At which point the rotor is ready for installation in the motor.
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Motor End Plates
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• Typical construction materials:
o Cast Iron
o Ductile Iron
o Fabricated Steel
Motor End Plates
Also, known as:
• “End bells”
• “Brackets”
• “Cartridges”
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Motor End Plates – A/F
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Motor End Plates – Sleeve Brgs
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Motor Bearings
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Motor Bearings
Anti-Friction
Sleeve Bearings
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Purpose of Motor Bearings
• Support and locate the rotor
• Keep the air-gap small and consistent
• Transfer loads from the shaft to motor frame
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Anti-friction Bearings
Deep Groove
Ball
Angular Contact Cylindrical
Roller
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Deep Groove Ball Bearing
Common bearing type
High speed and quiet running
capabilities
Moderate radial and axial
loading capability
Low minimum radial loading
required
Economical
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Anti-Friction Bearing Mounting
• Two Deep Groove Ball Bearings
• Fixed and Free (Expansion) setups
• Snap Rings or Locknuts with shaft shoulders
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Angular Contact Ball Bearings
• High axial load and combined load
capability
• Good high speed capability
• Low friction
• Usually used vertical motors
• Low minimum load requirements
• Used in pairs for reversing axial loads
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Vertical Motor Brg Arrangement
• Paired angular contact thrust bearings on ODE.
• Ball guide bearing on DE.
• Moderate axial loads in both directions with back to back (duplex) arrangement.
• Heavy axial load in one direction with tandem arrangement
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Cylindrical Roller Bearing
Axially free bearing design (internally)
Opposite drive end bearing must be held captive with retainer
Heavy radial load capability
Minimum radial load required greater than ball bearings
Speed limitations could exist
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• Roller bearing on drive end
• Ball bearing on non-drive end
• The locating bearing is the non-drive end
Anti-Friction Bearing Mounting
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Typical NEMA Motor Bearing Arrangement
Why? Drive End is fixed
(locating)
Opposite drive end is allowed to float
Allows for shaft expansion when motor is running
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Quiz
• What are the two most common rotor types?
• What are the two most common types of bearings?
• Why are some end bearings allowed to float?
42 •Cast rotor and Copper Bar rotor
•Sleeve and Anti-Friction
•To allow for heat expansion