Choosing an appropriate lead wire for a new stator winding is an important task. The manufacturer’s information is not always available, or the number of circuits or external connection may have been changed, requiring a redesign of the lead wire.  

The open stator impedance test (a.k.a, ball test or dummy rotor test) is used by many service centers as a quality control check before winding treatment and/or a troubleshooting test. This webinar recording reviews test procedures, expected outcomes and incorporating thermal camera imaging.

As service organizations, we should examine every phase of our projects and the related decisions we make in terms of SQDC (safety, quality, delivery and cost) every time and in that order.  One way to mitigate risks associated with these types of projects is quality planning.

Most rotor, stator and armature laminations used in industrial electric motors and generators are made from non-oriented, cold-rolled electrical steels. However, there is a lot of variation in the specific properties in these electrical steels. This article will discuss properties of electrical steels, as well as the methods used to optimize the magnetic characteristics of the laminations, specifically through the annealing process.