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ALTERNATING CURRENT MOTOR [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Motors
DEF

An electrical machine that converts alternating-current (AC) electric energy to mechanical energy.

CONT

Alternating-current motors are widely used because of the general availability of AC electric power and because they can be readily built with a variety of characteristics and in a large range of sizes, from a few watts to many thousands of kilowatts. They can be broadly classified into three groups—induction motors, synchronous motors, and AC series motors ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs électriques
DEF

Machine qui transforme l'énergie électrique en énergie mécanique.

OBS

Plusieurs types de moteurs à courant alternatif existent. Ils se différencient par leurs fonctionnements (universels, asynchrones, synchrones), leurs tensions d'alimentation, leurs vitesses de rotation, leurs puissances, etc.

Spanish

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