Electric Motor Maintenance and Troubleshooting, 2nd Edition

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McGraw Hill Professional, 6 jul 2011 - 432 pagina's
A fully up-to-date, hands-on guide to electric motors

Keep electric motors running at peak performance! Electric Motor Maintenance and Troubleshooting, Second Edition explains in detail how all types of AC and DC motors work. Essential for anyone who needs to buy, install, troubleshoot, maintain, or repair small to industrial-size electric motors, this practical guide contains new information on three-phase motors along with coverage of the latest test instruments.

Drawing on his more than 40 years of experience working with electric motors, expert author Augie Hand provides a wealth of tested procedures to pinpoint and correct any kind of issue. He'll help you decide whether to replace a motor, take it offline for repair, or repair it in place--decisions that can reduce down time. End-of-chapter questions reinforce the material covered in the book. Quickly and accurately diagnose electric motor problems and find effective solutions with help from this fully updated classic.

Electric Motor Maintenance and Troubleshooting, Second Edition covers:

  • Troubleshooting and testing DC machines
  • AC electric motor theory
  • Single-phase motors
  • Three-phase induction motors
  • Troubleshooting less common motors, including synchronous, two-speed one-winding, and multispeed
  • Test instruments and services
 

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Inhoudsopgave

Chapter 1 the DC Machine
1
Chapter 2 troubleshooting and testing the DC Machine
57
Chapter 3 AC Electric Motor theory
105
Chapter 4 the Singlephase Motor
155
Chapter 5 the threephase Induction Motor
201
Chapter 6 troubleshooting threephase Motors
275
Chapter 7 troubleshooting Less Common Motors
321
Chapter 8 test Instruments and Services
367
Index
393
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Electric Motor Maintenance and Troubleshooting, 2nd Edition
Augie Hand
Fragmentweergave - 2011

Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen

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Over de auteur (2011)

Augie Hand had 30 years of hands-on experience in repairing and troubleshooting motors, followed by 15 years of giving seminars on the subject for electric motor repair shop technicians and in-house training for large industry maintenance technicians. He owned an electric motor repair shop for a number of years, and he taught the electric motor repair course at Southwestern Technical Institute. Hand is the co-author of Electric Motor Repair, considered the "Bible" of the industry.

Bibliografische gegevens

TitelElectric Motor Maintenance and Troubleshooting, 2nd Edition
AuteurAugie Hand
Editie2
UitgeverMcGraw Hill Professional, 2011
ISBN0071763961, 9780071763967
Lengte432 pagina's
  
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