Starter Basics

Motor Principles
DC motors interaction of magnetic fields
to convert electrical energy to
mechanical energy
Current is applied to field and armature
Conductor tends to move from weak
magnetic field to strong magnetic field.
For armature to continue rotating, the
current flow must be reversed.
Conductor Current
Conductor has
magnetic flux
lines around it
Opposes north
and south fields
which causes
loop of wire to
turn.
Magnet
Has north and
south pole.
Magnetic lines of
force move from
north to south
pole.
Conductor in
Magnetic Field
As current
travels through
conductor and
fields, conductor
moves.
Flux lines
always tend
to want to
be straight
Fields act
on each
other

ROTATION OF CONDUCTOR
IS IN DIRECTION OF
WEAKER FIELD.
Electromagnetic Motor

Made of Laminated Core
Solid Steel Shaft
Commutator
Lap and Wave Wound
Stationary Field Windings
Iron Core & Windings concentrate magnetic field
Fields have north and south pole based on
direction windings are wound around pole shoes

3 Methods of Connecting
Fields
Series Wound
Maximum torque
when starts
Shunt Wound
Used in smaller
motors
Compound
Wound
Constant speed

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The power is in the size of the windings,
the size of the windings, the number of
turns and how its wound

PERMANENT MAGNET
STARTER MOTOR
Has no field circuit
Very light weight
Usually gear reduction starter motors
Fairly fragile
Permanent magnets are stronger than
typical permanent motors (Made of
boron, neodymium and iron)
AND THATS ALL!!