Rotor (electric)
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The rotor is a moving component of an electromagnetic system in the electric motor, electric generator, or alternator. Its rotation is due to the interaction between the windings and magnetic fields w
A selection of various types of rotors
Rotor from Hoover Dam generator
Squirrel-cage rotor
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A squirrel-cage rotor is the rotating part of the common squirrel-cage induction motor. It consists of a cylinder of steel laminations, with aluminum or copper conductors cast in its surface. In opera
Rotor (electric)
…for the rotor in an induction motor: squirrel cage and wound. In generators and alternators, the rotor designs are salient pole or cylindrical. The squirrel-cage rotor consists of laminated steel in the core with evenly spaced bars of copper or aluminium placed axially around the periphery, permanently shorted at the…
Squirrel cage rotor
Diagram of the squirrel-cage (showing only three laminations)
Stator lamination with a rotor lamination, with 36 slots for the stator and 40 slots for the rotor