Don't lose your bearings

IEEE Industry Applications Magazine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 22-31

  Muetze, A ^a   Binder, A ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; PASSIVE FILTERS; STATORS;

BEARING CURRENTS; ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE MACHINING (EDM); PARASITIC CURRENTS; STATOR GROUND CURRENT;

ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES;

EID: 33748553696     PISSN: 10772618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIA.2006.1678327     Document Type: Article

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