Assessing the impacts of rewind and repeated rewinds on induction motors: Is an opportunity for re-designing the machine being wasted?

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 958-964

  Cao, Wenping ^a   Bradley, Keith J ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design methodology; Induction motors; Losses; Repair; Rotating machine measurements

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; MACHINE DESIGN; REPAIR; ROTATING MACHINERY;

DESIGN METHODOLOGY; REWIND PROCESS; ROTATING-MACHINE MEASUREMENTS;

INDUCTION MOTORS;

EID: 33746379578     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2006.876069     Document Type: Article

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