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WorksheetsDay 13 DC Generator/Motor
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The amount of torque developed in a coil depends on what three things in a dc motor:
speed of rotation, number of poles, strength of the magnetic field
The major parts of the DC motor include:
armature assembly, field assembly, brush assembly, end frames
This part of DC motor consists of several segments insulated from each other and the armature shaft by pieces of mica:
commutator
This ____ consist of the field frame, a set of pole pieces, and field coils:
field assembly
The ___ assembly consists of brushes and their holders:
brush
What are the two most common brushes used in DC motors:
aluminum and carbon
tube type and box type
primary and secondary
When a new brush is installed in a generator use this specification of sand paper:
No. 000
No. 124
No. 434
12%
The ___ is the part of the motor that the armature assembly rotates in.
end frame
True or False: In some DC generators, an interpole is placed between the main poles of
the generator in order to reduce magnet field distortion
Types of DC motors include: Series, ___, and Compound
The ____ motor is able to draw a large starting torque because of the winding’s low resistance
series
shunt
compound
____ motors develop little torque when they are first started and are used when constant speed is desired.
series
shunt
True or False: The compound motor is used whenever the combined characteristics of the series and shunt motors are desired.
When the armature starts rotating in a magnetic field a voltage is produced which is known as:
Counter EMF
The direction of a DC motor’s rotation is reversed by changing the direction of _____ in either the armature or the field windings.
Mechanical losses are from overcoming:
Inertia
Gravity
Friction
Heat
Electrical losses are classified as copper or ___ loss
A DC generator having a field winding connected in parallel with the external circuit is called a:
An ______________ is used in some aircraft systems to convert a portion of the aircraft’s DC
power to AC.
Which kind of circuit only has one path for electricity to flow?
Series
Parallel
Series and Parallel
