Evaluation of current density in DC motor brushes for mining machines based on Air-gap field measurement

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1255-1263

  Mirzaeva, Galina ^a   Betz, Robert E ^a   Summers, Terrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

DC machines; instrumentation; modeling; test facilities; testing

Indexed keywords

AIR-GAP FIELD; DC MACHINE; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FLUX DENSITIES; INSTRUMENTATION; MINING MACHINES; MODELING TEST; MOTOR AIR GAP; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OPERATION CONDITIONS; RESEARCH TEAMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; WEAR RATES;

BRUSHES; CURRENT DENSITY; DC MOTORS; EARTHMOVING MACHINERY; INSTRUMENTS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESEARCH; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEST FACILITIES;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 77954867345     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2010.2049555     Document Type: Article

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