slip ring motor
1Slip ring motor — A Slip ring motor is a type of induction motor. The rotor windings are connected to a slip ring, which makes it different from the squirrel cage rotor. The main advantage arises from higher torque while start up and coincidentally lower current… …
2slip ring — slip′ ring n. elm (in an electric motor or generator) a metal ring that conducts current through stationary brushes to or from the coil or rotor • Etymology: 1895–1900 slip′ ring , adj …
3slip ring — n. Elec. a metal ring mounted on, and insulated from, the rotor shaft of a generator or motor, designed to lead current into or away from the coils through a stationary brush pressing on the ring …
4slip ring — noun connection consisting of a metal ring on a rotating part of a machine; provides a continuous electrical connection through brushes on stationary contacts • Hypernyms: ↑connection, ↑connexion, ↑connector, ↑connecter, ↑connective * * * noun :… …
5Slip ring — Sketch of an electric motor with slip rings A slip ring (in electrical engineering terms) is a method of making an electrical connection through a rotating assembly. Slip rings, also called rotary electrical interfaces, rotating electrical… …
6slip ring — noun a ring for sliding electrical contact in a dynamo or electric motor …
7slip ring — noun Etymology: 2slip Date: 1898 one of two or more continuous conducting rings from which the brushes take or to which they deliver current in a generator or motor …
8slip — 1. v. & n. v. (slipped, slipping) 1 intr. slide unintentionally esp. for a short distance; lose one s footing or balance or place by unintended sliding. 2 intr. go or move with a sliding motion (as the door closes the catch slips into place;… …
9Induction motor — An induction motor (IM) is a type of asynchronous AC motor where power is supplied to the rotating device by means of electromagnetic induction. Other commonly used name is squirrel cage motor due to the fact that the rotor bars with short… …
10Electric motor — For other kinds of motors, see motor (disambiguation). For a railroad electric engine, see electric locomotive. Various electric motors. A 9 volt PP3 transistor battery is in the center foreground for size comparison. An electric motor converts… …