A synchronous electric motor is an AC electric motor in which, at steady state, the rotation of the shaft is synchronized with the frequency of the supply...

electromagnets. The motor for the Shanghai maglev train, for instance, is an LSM. Brushless linear motors are members of the Synchronous motor family. They are...

rotation. The two main types of AC motors are induction motors and synchronous motors. The induction motor (or asynchronous motor) always relies on a small difference...

permanent magnet synchronous motor SCIM – Squirrel-cage induction motor SRM – Switched reluctance motor SyRM – Synchronous reluctance motor VFD – Variable-frequency...

to the motor used in quartz-timed mechanical clocks. In more recent times, the use of variable frequency controls permits synchronous motors to start...

A brushless DC electric motor (BLDC), also known as an electronically commutated motor, is a synchronous motor using a direct current (DC) electric power...

100-horsepower induction motor has the same mounting dimensions as a 7.5-horsepower motor in 1897. In both induction and synchronous motors, the AC power supplied...

engineering, a synchronous condenser (sometimes called a syncon, synchronous capacitor or synchronous compensator) is a DC-excited synchronous motor, whose shaft...

magnetic poles. Variable reluctance motors have detents when powered on, but not when powered off. Hybrid synchronous motors are a combination of the permanent...

the motor to work as a generator instead of a motor the rotor must be spun faster than its stator's synchronous speed. This will cause the motor to generate...