Electrical machine
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An electrical machine is an electrical device that changes energy from one form to another, usually from mechanical energy to electrical energy or from electrical energy to mechanical energy.
Types
- An electrical generator changes mechanical energy to electrical energy.
- An electrical motor changes electrical energy to mechanical energy.
- A transformer changes changes the voltage level of an alternating current.
Electrical Machine Media
An electric machine separated into its moving portion (rotor) and its stationary portion (stator and base). Pictured, and AC induction motor.
Faraday's electromagnetic experiment, demonstrating the conversion of electrical energy into motion
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Yauza 209-1 (motor) - 04 - motor disassembled
DC motor with permanent magnet excitation
A brushless 80 mm fan taken apart. This kind of fan is commonly found in personal computers.
A simple Linear DC machine, consisting of an electric circuit overlapping a constant magnetic field.
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