DISSECTIBLE MACHINES SYSTEM Assignment 40 ac 3-Phase, 4-Pole, n Motor Squirrel-Cage Induc PRACTICAL EQUIPMENT REQUIRED 62-100 Kit General KNOWLEDGE LEVEL 40.1 Load Test Item Base Unit 12-Slot Wound Stator Squirrel-Cage Rotor 3-Phase Power Supply (eg, Feedback 60-105) 0-500 V, ac Voltmeter 0-5 Aac Ammeter (eg, Feedback 68-117) Control Switches (eg, Feedback 65-130) Wattmeter, 500 V, 5 A (eg, Feedback 68-201 — optional) Friction (Prony) Brake or other Dynamometer: 0-1 Nm at 1500 rev/min (eg, Feedback 67-470) Optical/Contact Tachometer (eg, Feedback 68-470) Before you start this assignment, you should have read Appendix A Basic Electrical Machine Theory. 62.005 84-40-41« | DISSECTIBLE Assignment 40 MACHINES SYSTEM ac 3-Phase, 4-Pole, Squirrel-Cage, Induction Motor Notes 3-4-40-2 62-005<4 DISSECTIBLE | MACHINES SYSTEM INTRODUCTION Assignment 40 ac 3-Phase, 4-Pole, Squirrel-Cage, Induction Motor In this motor, the stator coils are arranged to form either a star or delta winding and are connected directly to a three-phase supply. The rotor has no external connections but consists of a cage of copper bars embedded in a laminated steel core and joined together by a copper ring at each end. The three-phase stator produces a rotating magnetic field and the motor is self starting, It runs at a speed a little below synchronous, Three-phase, squirrel-cage motors are widely used in industry. They require little maintenance, having no brushgear or centrifugal switch, are robust and relatively inexpensive. Starting torque is not great, though it can be increased by forming the rotor cage from a metal with a higher resistivity than copper. Cast aluminium cage rotors are quite frequently used 3-PHASE ‘AC SUPPLY Figure A40-1: ac 3-Phase Squirrel-Cage Induction Motor Circuit Diagram 62-005 3-4-40-3