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    Winding Failures of Electrical Motors: Winding Shorted Turn-To-Turn Winding With Shorted Coil

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    The document discusses winding failures in electrical motors. It shows 14 pictures of examples of winding defects, including shorted turns, grounded windings, and damage from overloads, locked rotors, voltage surges, and unbalanced supply voltages. The defects shown in pictures 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are due to improper operation rather than manufacturing issues.

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    The document discusses winding failures in electrical motors. It shows 14 pictures of examples of winding defects, including shorted turns, grounded windings, and damage from overloads, locked rotors, voltage surges, and unbalanced supply voltages. The defects shown in pictures 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are due to improper operation rather than manufacturing issues.

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    ELECTRICAL MOTOR WINDING TYPE

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    MOTOR-WINDING-FAILURE

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    The document discusses winding failures in electrical motors. It shows 14 pictures of examples of winding defects, including shorted turns, grounded windings, and damage from overloads, locked rotors, voltage surges, and unbalanced supply voltages. The defects shown in pictures 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are due to improper operation rather than manufacturing issues.

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    Winding Failures of Electrical Motors: Winding Shorted Turn-To-Turn Winding With Shorted Coil

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    The document discusses winding failures in electrical motors. It shows 14 pictures of examples of winding defects, including shorted turns, grounded windings, and damage from overloads, locked rotors, voltage surges, and unbalanced supply voltages. The defects shown in pictures 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are due to improper operation rather than manufacturing issues.

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    The document discusses various types of failures that can occur in electric motor windings and identifies their common causes based on images shown.

    Some common causes of electric motor winding failures discussed are short circuits, ground faults, overloads, locked rotors, voltage fluctuations, and contaminants entering the motor.

    Uneven voltages between phases can cause current imbalances in the motor windings, with as little as 1% voltage unbalance potentially causing 6-10% current imbalance. This can lead to insulation burnout in one phase.

    Winding Failures

    of Electrical
    Motors
    If an electric motor is subject to improper operating conditions,
    either electrical, mechanical or environmental, the winding life
    will be significantly reduced.
    The pictures given below show what can happen to the electric
    motor winding and it can help to identify the causes for the
    failures so that preventative actions can be taken.
    The defects shown in pictures 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are
    originated from incorrect use. Therefore, not considered as
    warranty.

    1 2
    WINDING SHORTED WINDING WITH
    TURN-TO-TURN SHORTED COIL

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    3 4
    WINDING GROUNDED WINDING GROUNDED
    AT THE EDGE OF SLOT AT THE SLOT

    5 6
    SHORTED WINDING DAMAGED
    CONNECTION DUE TO OVERLOAD

    7 8
    AMAGE CAUSED BY WINDING DAMAGED
    LOCKED ROTOR BY VOLTAGE SURGE

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    9 10
    WINDING SHORTED WINDING SINGLE
    PHASE-TO-PHASE PHASED (Y-connected)

    11 12
    WINDING PHASE DAMAGE DUE
    SINGLE PHASED TO UNBALANCED
    (Λ-connected) SUPPLY VOLTAGE

    13 14
    DAMAGED

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    Picture number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 9: Picture number 12:


    These pictures show insulation defects The insulation burn out in one phase of the
    caused by contaminants, abrasion or voltage stator winding can be a result of uneven
    fluctuation. voltagebetween phases. Uneven voltages are
    usually caused by unbalanced loads in the
    power supply originated by poor connections
    Picture number 6: at motor terminals or by bad contact. 1%
    of voltage unbalance can cause a current
    The complete insulation burning out on all
    unbalance from 6% to10%.
    phases of the three-phase winding is caused by
    motor overload. Under or overvoltages cause
    the same type of failure. Picture number 13:
    The auxiliary coil or starting burn out is
    Picture number 7: normally caused by the non-opening of the
    centrifugal and stationary switch set where
    The complete insulation burn out on all
    this coil remains switched on longer than
    phases is normally caused by high currents
    the specified time. Foreign bodies that might
    in the stator winding due to locked rotor. This
    penetrate into the motor can cause this defect.
    can also occur due to excessive starts and
    reversions.
    Picture number 14:
    Picture number 8: An overload causes a complete insulation
    burnout of the single-phase winding main coil.
    Insulation defects such as this are normally
    Undervoltages, overvoltages or even when the
    caused by voltage peaks that often occur in
    auxiliary coil is not duly connected during the
    the power circuit commutation, atmospheric
    starting cause the same type offailure.
    discharge, semi-conductors power devices and
    capacitor discharge.

    Pictures number 10 and 11:


    The winding single-phase defect is
    aconsequence of an interruption in one power
    supply phase. This defect is normally caused by
    a burnt fuse, open contactor, one power supply
    interrupted or poor connection.

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    Tel: 083 454 6949, +27 12 327 1729 Fax: +27 (0)12 327 1733 Toll Assist: 0860 10 30 41
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