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Rewind 2024

  • July 2024
  • Number of views: 3112
Convention presentation

Revisit EASA's 2024 Convention & Solutions Expo by buying access to recordings of the general sessions and education events streamed from EASA's website! These recordings provide just over 32 hours of training. Downloadable PDFs of slides and technical papers are included!

Using EASA’s Motor Rewind Data – Version 4

  • June 2024
  • Number of views: 2509
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Webinar recording

Learn how to effectively use EASA's live, ever-expanding online database of more than 250,000 windings.

Circulating Currents: Causes and Solutions

  • May 2024
  • Number of views: 2883
Article

This article explains in layman’s terms what electromechanical professionals refer to as circulating currents, why they exist in three-phase electric motors and to offer practical solutions. 

Corrientes Circulantes: Causas y Soluciones

  • May 2024
  • Number of views: 2404
Article

Este artículo es explicar en términos sencillos a qué se refieren los profesionales de la electromecánica como corrientes circulantes, por qué existen en los motores eléctricos trifásicos y ofrecer soluciones prácticas.

Axial Thrust in Rotodynamic (Centrifugal) Pumps

  • February 2024
  • Number of views: 2554
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When repairing centrifugal and axial flow pumps, axial thrust is a concern. An understanding of the causes and the mitigating provisions of various pump designs will help repair technicians to ensure those provisions work properly.

Interpoles and Compensating Windings in DC Machines – What Do They Do?

  • December 2023
  • Number of views: 3390
Article

Unlike their AC counterparts, DC machines do not have rotating magnetic fields. Rather, there are fixed magnetic field axes for the field (direct axis) and armature (quadrature axis). Even though the armature is rotating, the magnetic field axis in the armature is fixed thanks to commutation, which allows the direction of current in an armature conductor to change as it passes from the region under one main field pole to the next.

Interpolos y Devanados de Compensación - ¿Qué es lo que hacen?

  • December 2023
  • Number of views: 2037
Article

A diferencia de sus homólogos de CA, las máquinas de CC no tienen campos magnéticos rotativos. Más bien, existen ejes de campo magnético fijos para el campo (eje directo) y la armadura (eje en cuadratura). Aunque la armadura esté girando, el eje del campo magnético de la armadura está fijo gracias a la conmutación, lo que permite que la dirección de la corriente en un conductor de la armadura cambie a medida que pasa debajo de un polo de campo principal al siguiente.

Concentric to Lap Conversions

  • October 2023
  • Number of views: 6917
Article

This article looks at some of the import details for a proper concentric to lap winding conversion. It also shows how using the EASA Technical Manual, EASA's AC Motor Verification & Redesign Software, as well as the EASA AC Redesign manual, can help.

Conversiones de un Bobinado Concéntrico a Imbricado

  • October 2023
  • Number of views: 1994
Article
Este artículo analiza algunos de los detalles de importación para una conversión adecuada de devanado concéntrico a devanado por vuelta. También muestra cómo puede ayudar el uso del Manual técnico de EASA, el software de rediseño y verificación de motores de CA de EASA, así como el manual de Rediseño de motores AC de EASA.

EASA Winding Database and Verification and Redesign Program: An Easy-to-Use Solution When Faced with Bare Core Winding Challenges

  • July 2023
  • Number of views: 2834
Article

Occasions arise where original winding data is not available. It may have been recorded incorrectly or a different service center may have stripped the core but not completed the repair. In those cases, the service center must come up with a new “bare core” winding design. EASA's redesign software has some specific features to address this need.

What’s New in Axial-Flux Machines?

  • April 2023
  • Number of views: 3262
Article

Most EASA service centers encounter very few axial-flux machines. They are rare enough that it is worthwhile to describe what they are and how they differ from the typical radial-flux industrial motor or generator.

¿Qué Novedades Hay en las Máquinas de Flujo-Axial?

  • April 2023
  • Number of views: 3043
Article

La mayoría de los centros de servicio de EASA encuentran muy pocas máquinas de flujo axial. Son tan raras, que vale la pena describir qué son y como se diferencian del típico motor o generador industrial de flujo radial.

Considere el balanceo del devanado en sus rediseños y rebobinados

  • December 2022
  • Number of views: 1920
Article

La mayoría de los bobinados de los estatores de CA instalados por los centros de servicio de EASA son imbricados de doble capa, trifásicos y están balanceados. Pero ¿qué significa que estén balanceados?

Consider Winding Balance with Redesigns and Rewinds

  • December 2022
  • Number of views: 6576
Article

Most AC stator windings installed by EASA service centers are balanced, three-phase, two-layer, lap windings. But, what does it mean for such a winding to be balanced?

EASA Technical Manual

  • September 2022
  • Number of views: 29186
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Book

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Guía de Buenas Prácticas Para Conservar la Eficiencia del Motor

Basada en los Estudios de Rebobinado de motores de eficiencia premium, energético eficientes, IE2 (antigua EF1) e IE3 realizados en 2019 y en el 2003

  • April 2022
  • Number of views: 9257
Booklet
Dirigida principalmente al personal del centro de servicio, la guía, que ahora es un documento independiente y no forma parte del informe completo del estudio de rebobinado de EASA/AEMT, describe los métodos de reparación de buenas prácticas utilizados para lograr los resultados proporcionados en ambos estudios. Contiene consejos de reparación, terminología relevante del motor e información sobre fuentes de pérdidas en motores de inducción que afectan la eficiencia.

A Simple Approach to Duty Ratings of AC Machines

How to ensure the correct duty rating for each application

  • April 2022
  • Number of views: 4317
Trade press article — Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Before putting an AC machine into service, make sure its duty rating matches the application requirements. Otherwise, there’s a good chance excessive heat will degrade the machine’s windings.

Concentric, Lap or Full Slot Lap: When Is a Shortcut Not a Shortcut?

  • March 2022
  • Number of views: 7766
Article

While manufacturers use concentric windings due to their ability to wind the coils directly into a core, many repairers convert them to lap windings to take advantage of the superior MMF (magneto-motive force) curve. Although the former Tech Note 12 (see page 2-187 of the EASA Technical Manual), and the AC Motor Verification and Redesign Program, Version 4 allow us to convert a concentric winding to a comparable lap winding, there are still some winders using “shortcuts” they have learned over the years.

Concentrico, Excéntrico o Excéntrico a Ranura Llena: ¿Cuándo Un Atajo No Lo Es?

  • March 2022
  • Number of views: 5750
Article

Mientras los fabricantes usan devanados concéntricos por su capacidad para bobinarlos directamente dentro del núcleo, muchos reparadores los convierten en bobinados excéntricos para aprovechar su curva FMM (fuerza magnetomotriz) superior.

Fundamentos del Rediseño de Motores de CA

  • December 2021
  • Number of views: 7423
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Webinar recording

Este webinario ayudará a los centros de servicio a navegar a través de los aspectos fundamentales del rediseño de motores de CA y ayudará a prevenir errores costosos asociados a los rediseños incorrectos.

Unbalanced Magnetic Pull in Three-phase Electric Motors

  • November 2021
  • Number of views: 9194
Article

Although unbalanced magnetic pull can affect other rotating electric machines such as DC motors and generators and single-phase motors and generators, our focus in this article will be on three-phase squirrel cage induction motors. The two main topics are unbalanced magnetic pull (UMP) and rotor pullover.

Tracción Magnética Desbalanceada en Motores Eléctricos Trifásicos

  • November 2021
  • Number of views: 5988
Article

Aunque la tracción magnética desbalanceada puede afectar a otras máquinas eléctricas rotativas, como los motores y generadores de CC y monofásicos, nuestro enfoque en este artículo se centrará en los motores jaula de ardilla trifásicos. Los dos temas principales son: La tracción magnética desequilibrada (UMP) y el descentrado del rotor (pullover).

Electric Motors: Repair or Replace? Sales/Marketing PowerPoint Tool

  • August 2021
  • Number of views: 16094
PowerPoint files

This PowerPoint presentation is available for members to use to present the factors that should be considered when customers are faced with making the difficult decision to repair their existing motor or purchase a replacement.

Sizing Pumps and Pump Motors

  • July 2021
  • Number of views: 10238
Article

Service centers are often called on to provide replacement pumps or pump motors or to advise on pump retrofit and re-application projects. A good understanding of the parameters that govern pump performance is essential to help customers with these opportunities. The information here relates to rotodynamic pumps (centrifugal and axial flow impellers) and not to positive displacement pumps.

Cambios en el Bobinado: Como Afectan el Desempeño del Motor

  • June 2021
  • Number of views: 10990
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Webinar recording

En este webinario explicaremos como los diferentes cambios efectuados en el bobinado impactan en el desempeño del motor. Si no es realizado de forma correcta, cualquier cambio en el bobinado podría llegar a tener consecuencias negativas.

Considerations for Inrush vs. Locked Rotor Amps

  • June 2021
  • Number of views: 14967
Article

When an AC motor is initially energized at rated voltage (and frequency), the current drawn is many times rated current until the motor attains full operating speed. Consequences of starting current include short time overheating of stator windings and rotors, undesirable operation of overload protective devices and a sag in the supply voltage.

Consideraciones para los Amperios Inrush vs Rotor Bloqueado

  • June 2021
  • Number of views: 31363
Article

Cuando se energiza inicialmente un motor de CA a su voltaje nominal (y frecuencia), el motor toma varias veces la corriente nominal hasta que alcanza toda la velocidad de operación. Las consecuencias de la corriente de arranque incluyen: Breve sobrecalentamiento de los bobinados del estator y del rotor, disparos no deseados de los dispositivos de protección y caídas de voltaje en el suministro eléctrico.

Good Practice Guide to Maintain Motor Efficiency

Based on the 2019 and 2003 Rewind Studies of premium efficiency, energy efficient, IE2 (formerly EF1) and IE3 motors

  • January 2021
  • Number of views: 20596
Booklet

Intended primarily for service center personnel, the guide which is now an independent document and not part of the complete EASA/AEMT rewind study report, outlines the good practice repair methods used to achieve the results given in both studies. It contains repair tips, relevant motor terminology, and information about sources of losses in induction motors that affect efficiency.

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Fact or Myth: Common Misconceptions About Motors

  • January 2021
  • Number of views: 8555
Article

Here is a random collection of some relatively common misconceptions about three-phase squirrel cage motor performance characteristics.

Mito o Realidad: Conceptos Errados Comunes Sobre Motores Eléctricos

  • January 2021
  • Number of views: 7562
Article

Aquí tenemos una colección de algunos de los conceptos errados más comunes acerca de las características de desempeño de los motores eléctricos tipo jaula.