Calculation of influence of insulated bearings and insulated inner bearing seats on circulating bearing currents in machines of inverter-based drive systems

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 965-972

  Muetze, Annette ^a,b   Binder, Andreas ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Bearings (mechanical); Failure analysis; Variable speed drives

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CURRENT DENSITY; DRIVES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

BEARINGS (MECHANICAL); CIRCULATING BEARING CURRENTS; INSULATED BEARINGS; INSULATED INNER BEARING SEATS;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS);

EID: 33746351037     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2006.876083     Document Type: Article

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