Guide to Industrial Electric Motor Control: Article Index


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Part 1 Introduction

U-1 General Principles of Electric Motor Control

U-2 Fractional & Integral Horsepower Manual Motor Starters

U-3 Magnetic Line Voltage Starters

Part 2 Circuit Layout, Connections, and Symbols

U-4 Symbols

U-5 Interpretation and Application of Simple Wiring and Elementary Diagrams

Part 3 Control Pilot Devices

U-6 Push Buttons and Control Stations

U-7 Relays

U-8 Contactors

U-9 Timing Relays

U-10 Pressure Switches and Regulators

U-11 Float Switches

U-12 Flow Switches

U-13 Limit Switches and Proximity Control

U-14 Phase Failure Relays

U-15 Solenoid Valves

U-16 Temperature Switches

Part 4 Basic Control Circuits

U-17 Two-Wire Controls

U-18 Three-Wire and Separate Controls

U-19 Hand-Off Automatic Controls

U-20 Multiple Push-Button Stations

U-21 Interlocking Methods for Reversing Control

U-22 Sequence Control

U-23 Jogging (Inching) Control Circuits

U-24 Time-Delay, Low-Voltage Release Relay

Part 5 AC Reduced Voltage Starters

U-25 The Motor and Starting Methods

U-26 Primary Resistor-Type Starters

U-27 Autotransformer Starters

U-28 Part Winding Motor Starters

U-29 Automatic Starters for Star-Delta Motors

U-30 AC Solid-State Reduced Voltage Controller

Part 6 Three-Phase, Multispeed Controllers

U-31 Controllers for Two-Speed, Two-Winding (Separate Winding) Motors

U-32 Two-Speed, One-Winding (Consequent Pole) Motor Controller

U-33 Four-Speed, Two-Winding (Consequent Pole) Motor Controller

Part 7 Wound Rotor (Slip Ring) Motor Controllers

U-34 Wound Rotor Motors and Manual Speed Control

U-35 Push-Button Speed Selection

U-36 Automatic Acceleration for Wound Rotor Motors

U-37 Automatic Speed Control for Wound Rotor Motors

U-38 Solid-State Adjustable Speed Controller for AC Wound Rotor Motors

Part 8 Synchronous Motor Controls

U-39 Synchronous Motor Operation

U-40 Push-Button Synchronizing

U-41 Timed Semiautomatic Synchronizing

U-42 Synchronous Automatic Motor Starter

Part 9 Direct-Current Controllers

U-43 About DC Motors

U-44 Use of Reduced Voltage for Starting

U-45 Across-the-Line Starting

U-46 Compensating and Definite Time Control Starting

U-47 Solid-State Adjustable Speed Control

Part 10 Methods of Deceleration

U-48 Plugging

U-49 Electric Brakes

U-50 Dynamic and Regenerative Braking

U-51 Electric and Electronic Braking

Part 11 Motor Drives

U-52 Direct Drives and Pulley Drives

U-53 Gear Motors

U-54 Variable-Frequency Mechanical Drives

U-55 AC Adjustable Frequency Drives

U-56 Magnetic Clutch and Magnetic Drive

U-57 DC Variable-Speed Control—Motor Drives

U-58 Programmable and Motion Control

Part 12 Troubleshooting

U-59 Motor Startup and Troubleshooting Basics

U-60 Troubleshooting Techniques

Section A Motor Types and Line Diagrams

Section B Power Supplies

GLOSSARY

(Note: all unlinked articles above are Under Construction.)

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