Saturday 29 August 2009

Motor ; Failures by Mechanical Defects

Causes
a) Defects at bearing or shaft.
b) Wrongalignment
c) Problems in driven machinery
d) Vibration


Results
a) Rubbing of stator and rotor leading to snort-circuit
b) Roasting of winding - overload

Prevention
a) Perform regular inspection of motor, drive system and driven machine.
b) Ensure thermal overload relay is working .
c) Install motor away from vibrating areas.

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