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Lap and Wave Winding

Lap and wave winding are two common types of windings used in DC motors. Lap winding has coils that lap back on each other and connect to adjacent commutator bars, providing more parallel paths for high current applications. Wave winding has starting and ending coil connections separated by pole distances, creating a wave-like shape and higher voltages but fewer parallel paths. Both winding types influence the motor's properties like voltage, current capability, and torque based on their coil connectivity structure.

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Lap and Wave Winding

Lap and wave winding are two common types of windings used in DC motors. Lap winding has coils that lap back on each other and connect to adjacent commutator bars, providing more parallel paths for high current applications. Wave winding has starting and ending coil connections separated by pole distances, creating a wave-like shape and higher voltages but fewer parallel paths. Both winding types influence the motor's properties like voltage, current capability, and torque based on their coil connectivity structure.

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EE309 Electrical Machines

Leong ID: 1001233141

Name: Chow Thien

Armature Winding
First of all, a coil is a several turns of conductor connected in series. A winding is
when several coils are connected together in series. There are two types of winding in DC
motor which is lap winding and wave winding. Conductors, Z=2CN where N = number of
turns and C = number of coils. The relationship between mechanical and electrical degrees
P
are defined as 2 ( Mechanical Angle ) =electrical angle , where P = number of poles.

Lap Winding:
Lap winding got its name because it laps back of its succeeding coils. Its winding is
that the first end of a coil is connected 1 of the commutator bar and the other end is connected
at its adjacent commutator bar, which is another starting connection for the second winding.
This process repeats. In lap winding, the number of poles are equal to the number of brushes
as well as the number of parallel paths. This winding method is mostly used in DC generators
for high current applications because it has more parallel paths. The other advantages of using
lap winding is that it is suitable for high current low voltage applications. The disadvantage
of this method is it gives less emf. To generate more emf it will need more conductors and
hence increase the cost.
Wave Winding:
Wave winding is another winding method which the starting end of the coil and the
other end of the coil is separated by a distance between poles connecting the commutator
segments. This process will create a wave-like shape and hence how it got its name. This
winding method is mostly use for applications with high voltages. This winding requires only
1 pair of brushes but more brushes can improves the commutation. But this winding has only
2 parallel paths which cannot support high current application like how lap winding could
support. Resultant pitch (Yr) = Back pitch (Yb) + Front pitch (Yf). Commutator pitch (Yc) =
average pitch =

Yb+ Yf
.
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