Tom Bishop, P.E.
EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist

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. For clarity we will begin by defining and briefly explaining these terms.

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