Bearing currents - a danger to inverter-fed a-c motors?

Iron and Steel Engineer

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 47-52

  Binder, Andreas J F ^a   Aust, Robert P ^b   Schrepfer, Armin ^c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Siemens Energy and Automation   (United States)

^c Siemens Industry Automation and Drive Technologies   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALL BEARINGS; BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; CURRENT DENSITY; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; POWER ELECTRONICS; ROLLER BEARINGS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

BEARING CURRENT; INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR;

AC MOTORS;

EID: 0032662736     PISSN: 00211559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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