Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company · Hartford, Ct. : Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co · leaf 114
ed. Fig. I is an illustra-tion of what may hap-pen to an automaticallycontrolled series woundmotor when the controlfails to operate. Thismotor was used on a 10ton hoist and over-speeded, with the resultthat the commutatorflew to pieces, the arma-ture wires were forcedout of the slots and thefield… … Fig. I. *It is, of course, generally understood that a direct current generator and motorare practically the same. With current in the field windings, if the machine is drivenby mechanical power—say by a belt — it will be a generator and generate a voltagein the armature circuit. Conversely, it…
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