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Cleaning Commutator and Slip Ring Surfaces with a Brush

  • April 2025
  • Number of views: 122
Article

When there is a need for cleaning the contact surfaces of commutators and slip rings with brushes, emery cloth with aluminum oxide is NOT recommended, as conductive abrasive particles will cause arcing and damage to the surface. Many times, stone cleaning, garnet paper and machining are not a convenient, sufficient, or cost-effective option for machines as the priority is to keep the downtime to a minimum. This is when the carbon brush can be designed to clean up the contact surface.

Seating Carbon Brushes on a DC Machine

  • January 2025
  • Number of views: 1678
Video

This video shows the proper procedure for seating carbon brushes in a DC machine.

Brush Stagger to Optimize Brush Life Through Current Density

  • January 2025
  • Number of views: 1690
Article

When working with DC machines, it’s not uncommon to find a customer who runs different products requiring a range of armature current. Unlike other conductors, where lower current is a good thing, carbon brushes are designed for a narrow range of current density. A unique aspect of carbon brush life is that brushes operating at a much lower current density than they are designed for do not last nearly as long as expected.

Desalineamiento de escobillas para optimizar su Vida útil através de la Densidad de Corriente

  • January 2025
  • Number of views: 1091
Article

Al trabajar con máquinas de CC, no es raro encontrar un cliente que fabrica diferentes productos que requieren un rango de corriente de armadura. A diferencia de otros conductores, donde una corriente más baja es algo bueno, las escobillas de carbón están diseñadas con poco margen de densidad de corriente.

How to Set Brush Neutral on a DC Machine

  • March 2023
  • Number of views: 6594
Video

This video shows how to adjust the brush neutral position of a DC machine to prevent sparking at the brushes at full load.

Improve Customer Satisfaction: Follow Electric Motor Storage Procedures

  • January 2023
  • Number of views: 3248
Article

One of the more mundane things we as repairers must be concerned with is motor storage. For many of us, storing large motors for major customers is its own profit center. For all of us, being aware of how our customers store the motors we repair and send to them is critical to customer satisfaction. A poorly stored motor is likely to suffer winding or bearing failure, and we don’t want unrealistic warranty claims over something outside our control.

Using Carbon Brush Face as an Effective Diagnostic Tool

  • October 2022
  • Number of views: 3790
Article

The worn carbon brush face indicates the operating conditions. Therefore, it can be utilized by brush experts as a highly effective diagnostic tool for troubleshooting and determination of root causes. If these warning signs shown at the brush face can be identified and proactively addressed in a timely manner, then major unexpected expensive catastrophic failures like flashover or repair of the contact surface can be avoided.

Usando las Caras de las Escobillas como Herramienta de Diagnóstico Efectiva

  • October 2022
  • Number of views: 2979
Article

DC Motor Electrical Procedures

  • April 2020
  • Number of views: 12168
Webinar recording bundle

A special discounted collection of 6 webinar recordings focusing on DC motor electrical procedures.

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Carbon Brushes, Current Density and Performance

  • June 2019
  • Number of views: 12916
Webinar recording

The lowly brush is underrated and misunderstood. The brush grade, brush pressure and spring tension, as well as the effect of load and humidity are each important to brush performance in DC machines, wound rotor motors, and synchronous machines.