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electric motor

vr.tr.electric-motor · PHY.OBJ

Let an agent explain electric motors and their types, relay principles, efficiency and standards from engineering sources, describe applications from appliances to electric vehicles, and distinguish motors from generators and engines.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain electric motors and their types, relay principles, efficiency and standards from engineering sources, describe applications from appliances to electric vehicles, and distinguish motors from generators and engines.

A machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical motion through the interaction of magnetic fields and currents, in types including brushed commutator motors, brushless DC motors, induction motors, synchronous and permanent magnet motors, stepper motors, servomotors with feedback control, coreless motors, pole-changing designs such as the Dahlander motor, and ultrasonic motors driven by piezoelectric vibration; electric motors power industry, appliances, tools and vehicles such as the Nissan EM traction motors, and consume a large share of global electricity.

What it is for: Converting electrical energy to motion.

It can be explain principles and types; relay efficiency and standards; describe applications; distinguish from generators.

Distinguishing features

Electromagnetic torque

Many topologies

Variable speed control

High efficiency

What it looks like

A cylindrical housing with a rotating shaft, from tiny to room-sized.

Physical character

share of global electricity use: about 45 percent - IEA estimates

efficiency of large industrial motors: over 95 percent

first practical DC motor: 1830s period - Jacobi and Davenport

How it is recognised

Electromechanical machine producing rotation or linear motion

Brushed, brushless, induction, synchronous, stepper, servo, coreless, ultrasonic motors

Generators convert motion to electricity; combustion engines burn fuel; actuators may use motors

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

electric machine

is a kind of - in registry terms

engine

is the counterpart of - which reverses the conversion

electric generator

is controlled by - in many applications

variable-frequency drive

In practice

Families and kinds

brushed DC and commutator motors

brushless DC and permanent magnet synchronous motors

induction motors including pole-changing Dahlander motors

stepper and servomotors

coreless and micro motors

ultrasonic and piezoelectric motors

linear motors

traction motors for vehicles such as Nissan EM series

Identifiers

IEC 60034 rotating electrical machines

HS 8501 electric motors and generators

Standards and regulation

IEC 60034 and efficiency classes IE1 to IE5

Minimum energy performance standards in the EU, US and elsewhere

Electrical safety standards

Vehicle motor standards

Failure modes and hazards

Bearing and insulation failure

Overheating

Electrical shock hazards

Confusing motor types in selection

Also called

ultrasonic motorNissan EMcoreless motorservomotorcommutator motorDahlander pole changing motorseries commutator motorArc-from drivelinear motorscrew drive motor from cameraelectric bicycle enginetraction motorAC motoruniversal motorpiezoelectric actuator drivepiezoelectric motorTotally Enclosed, Fan-Cooled (TEFC) electric motorshaded pole motorreluctance motorrepulsion motorsliding rotor motorMendocino motoraxial flux motorHomopolar motorpermanent magnet motorDC motorbrushed electric motorSingly fed electric machinelow magnetic electric motorPG-101brushless motordrum motorSiemens SP260DSiemens SP90Ginrunnerwound rotor motorYuneec Power Drive 40Safran ENGINeUSelectrostatic motorElectric vehicle motors

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.electric-motor

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What an electric motor is.

Science.

Principle

Principle.

Principle

Principle.

  1. How does an electric motor produce torque from magnetic fields and currents? definition
  2. Is the question about a motor, a generator or a combustion engine? boundary

Types

Types.

Types

Types.

  1. What are the main motor types, from brushed and induction to stepper, servo, coreless and ultrasonic motors? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific type? action
Select Selection and control.

Practice.

Selection

Selection.

Selection

Selection.

  1. How are motors selected by torque, speed, duty and environment? action
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Control

Control.

Control

Control.

  1. How are motors controlled with drives, inverters and feedback, including pole-changing designs? provenance
  2. Which entry fits motor controller? action
Efficiency Efficiency and regulation.

Regulation.

Classes

Efficiency classes.

Classes

Classes.

  1. What are the IE efficiency classes, and what regulations require them? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Impact

Energy impact.

Impact

Impact.

  1. How much electricity do motors use, and how can efficiency be improved? provenance
  2. Which entry fits energy efficiency? action
Context Applications and history.

Context.

Applications

Applications.

Applications

Applications.

  1. How are motors used in industry, appliances, robotics and electric vehicles? provenance
  2. Which entry fits electric vehicle? action

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did motors develop from Faraday and Jacobi to Tesla induction motors and modern drives? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of the electric motor? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should induction motor and brushless DC motor be separate primary entries?
  • How should engineering standards be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific products; should they be split off?