In applications requiring various power ratings, the electrical motors are commonly designed adopting the same lamination

but rearranging the stack length and the number of turns per phase. In fact, a single geometry allows to limit the cost of the lamination stamp. Further, the design of the electrical motor is even limited to the selection of commercial laminations. This paper deals with the design of a set of induction motors (IMs). All the motor in the set are formed by the same lamination and the stack length and the winding turns are changed so as to obtain the desired power rating. All motor parameters are computed with finite elements (FE) for a motor with unity stack length and one conductor per slot. In this way, a normalized motor is considered so as to be not constrained by actual power rating. Referring to this normalized IM, it is possible a rapid scaling of the performance to various motor size, that is to various power ratings, without requiring any further FE simulation. The model adopted in this paper is described in detail in Alberti (2008). In this paper, the authors apply that model to the design of two different sets of IMs. It is shown how the model proposed in Alberti (2008) can be used also to solve the mechanical transient of the machine and for a thermal flow verification. Experimental test on some IM prototypes are reported to prove the accuracy of the predictions achieved by the proposed analysis. This research was supported by Electric Drives Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Padova. The paper is organized as follows. Firstly the steps to achieve the adopted model are summarized. Then two different lamination are considered and the procedure is adopted to analyze various power ratings. A particular cure is given to the design constraints. The analysis results are presented and compared with experimental tests on IM prototypes. As will be shown, the experimental measurements confirm the accuracy of the achieved prediction. 2. MODEL OF THE MOTOR In this section, the adopted model for the IM is briefly described. For a complete and detailed description of the model see Alberti (2008). Following the suggestions of analysis and design procedures of the IM presented and discussed in literature, the adopted strategy combines the analytical and FE procedures together, taking advantage of both of them. The analytical approach, see Veinott (1959); Liwschitz (1961), is preferred for its rapidity. It is advantageous for rapid estimations, parametric analysis or optimization algorithms. The FE analysis, Williamson (1983, 1986), is appreciated for its accuracy. It considers properly the iron saturation at various magnetizing currents as well as the current density distrib