Synchronous vs. Induction Motors - What Do You Want to Know?
The first step in finding any motor is to determine its power supply; is it powered by AC, or DC? This will divide the options into two main categories, AC Motors and DC motors, and will eliminate any motors that do not match your electrical supply. However, both categories still contain many kinds of machines, so this article will help further differentiate the AC motor category. AC motors can be divided into synchronous and induction motors , and this article will provide a brief description of both, as well as a comparison of their operating characteristics and applications. Induction motors Induction motors are considered to be one of, if not the most, used AC motors in industry today. They were one of the first motors invented and therefore have had enough time to be optimized for working in many applications. They have a relatively simple structure, consisting of an external stator and an internal rotor that interact through electromagnetic induction effects to produc...