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A DC motor like we all know is a device that deals in the conversion of electrical energy to mechanical energy and this is
essentiallybroughtaboutbytwomajorpartsrequiredfortheconstructionofDCmotor,namely.
1.StatorThestaticpartthathousesthefieldwindingsandreceivesthesupplyand,
2.RotorTherotatingpartthatbringsaboutthemechanicalrotations.

Otherthanthatthereareseveralsubsidiarypartsnamelythe
1.YokeofDCmotor.
2.PolesofDCmotor.
3.FieldwindingofDCmotor.
4.ArmaturewindingofDCmotor.
5.CommutatorofDCmotor.
6.BrushesofDCmotor.

AllthesepartsputtogetherconfiguresthetotalconstructionofaDCmotor.
NowletsdoadetaileddiscussionaboutalltheessentialpartsofDCmotor.

YokeofDCMotor

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ThemagneticframeortheyokeofDCmotormadeupofcastironorsteelandformsanintegralpartofthestatororthe
staticpartofthemotor.Itsmainfunctionistoformaprotectivecoveringovertheinnersophisticatedpartsofthemotorand
providesupporttothearmature.Italsosupportsthefieldsystembyhousingthemagneticpolesandfieldwindingofthedc
motor.

PolesofDCMotor
The magnetic poles of DC motor are structures fitted onto the inner wall of the yoke with screws. The construction of
magnetic poles basically comprises of two parts namely, the pole core and the pole shoe stacked together under hydraulic
pressureandthenattachedtotheyoke.Thesetwostructuresareassignedfordifferentpurposes,thepolecoreisofsmall
cross sectional area and its function is to just hold the pole shoe over the yoke, whereas the pole shoe having a relatively
largercrosssectionalareaspreadsthefluxproducedovertheairgapbetweenthestatorandrotortoreducethelossdueto
reluctance.Thepoleshoealsocarriesslotsforthefieldwindingsthatproducethefieldflux.

Construction of DC Machine

FieldWindingofDCMotor

The field winding of DC motor are made with field coils (copper wire) wound over the slots of the pole shoes in such a
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manner that when field current flows through it, then adjacent poles have opposite polarity are produced. The field winding
basicallyformanelectromagnet,thatproducesfieldfluxwithinwhichtherotorarmatureoftheDCmotorrotates,andresults
intheeffectivefluxcutting.

ArmatureWindingofDCMotor

ThearmaturewindingofDCmotorisattachedtotherotor,ortherotatingpartofthemachine,andasaresultissubjected
toalteringmagneticfieldinthepathofitsrotationwhichdirectlyresultsinmagneticlosses.Forthisreasontherotorismade
of armature core, thats made with several lowhysteresis silicon steel lamination, to reduce the magnetic losses like
hysteresis and eddy current loss respectively. These laminated steel sheets are stacked together to form the cylindrical
structureofthearmaturecore.

Thearmaturecoreareprovidedwithslotsmadeofthesamematerialasthecoretowhichthearmaturewindingmadewith
severalturnsofcopperwiredistributeduniformlyovertheentireperipheryofthecore.Theslotopeningsashutwithfibrous
wedgestopreventtheconductorfromplyingoutduetothehighcentrifugalforceproducedduringtherotationofthearmature,
inpresenceofsupplycurrentandfield.

TheconstructionofarmaturewindingofDCmotorcanbeoftwotypes:
LapWinding

InthiscasethenumberofparallelpathsbetweenconductorsAisequaltothenumberofpolesP.
i.eA=P
***AneasywayofrememberingitisbyrememberingthewordLAPLA=P
WaveWinding

Hereinthiscase,thenumberofparallelpathsbetweenconductorsAisalwaysequalto2irrespectiveofthenumberofpoles.
Hencethemachinedesignsaremadeaccordingly.

CommutatorofDCMotor

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ThecommutatorofDCmotorisacylindricalstructuremadeupofcoppersegmentsstackedtogether,butinsulatedfrom
eachotherbymica.ItsmainfunctionasfarastheDCmotorisconcernedistocommuteorrelaythesupplycurrentfromthe
mainstothearmaturewindinghousedoverarotatingstructurethroughthebrushesofDCmotor.

BrushesofDCMotor
ThebrushesofDCmotoraremadewithcarbonorgraphitestructures,makingslidingcontactovertherotatingcommutator.
The brushes are used to relay the current from external circuit to the rotating commutator form where it flows into the
armature winding. So, the commutator and brush unit of the DC motor is concerned with transmitting the power from the
staticelectricalcircuittothemechanicallyrotatingregionortherotor.

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