Presentation 2021-03-08
Brush Wear and its Control by the Arc of Commutator Motor
Taiga Wada, Takayuki Saito, Koichiro Sawa, Takahiro Ueno,
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Abstract(in English) Many small-sized DC motors are used in an automobile due to good cost-performance and energy efficiency. They have been recently needed more small-sized and higher power. To realize them motor rotation has to increase. At high rotation arc discharge easily occurs and brush wear is a severe problem. From results of the authors’ previous research, the arc erosion rate of brush and commutator was evaluated using a switching test device. Further, the effect of arc quenching device (Zener diode) on arc duration and erosion was made clear. In this study, the authors investigated the effect of a Zener diode on arc duration and brush wear was examined using an equivalent commutation test apparatus. As a result, it was made clear that the arc duration with a diode become about one-eleventh as long as that without it. In addition, the arc erosion almost disappeared by using a diode.
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Keyword(in English) DC motor / Commutation / Brush wear / Mechanical wear / Arc duration / Arc erosion / Arc quenching device
Paper # EMD2020-30
Date of Issue 2021-03-01 (EMD)

Conference Information
Committee EMD
Conference Date 2021/3/8(1days)
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Place (in English) Online
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Topics (in English) Short NOTE
Chair Yoshiki Kayano(Univ. of Electro-Comm.)
Vice Chair
Secretary (Nippon Inst. of Tech.)
Assistant Yuichi Hayashi(NAIST) / Kazuaki Miyanaga(Fujitsu Component)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Electromechanical Devices
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Brush Wear and its Control by the Arc of Commutator Motor
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) DC motor
Keyword(2) Commutation
Keyword(3) Brush wear
Keyword(4) Mechanical wear
Keyword(5) Arc duration
Keyword(6) Arc erosion
Keyword(7) Arc quenching device
1st Author's Name Taiga Wada
1st Author's Affiliation Nippon Institute of Technology(NIT)
2nd Author's Name Takayuki Saito
2nd Author's Affiliation Nippon Institute of Technology(NIT)
3rd Author's Name Koichiro Sawa
3rd Author's Affiliation Nippon Institute of Technology(NIT)
4th Author's Name Takahiro Ueno
4th Author's Affiliation Nippon Institute of Technology(NIT)
Date 2021-03-08
Paper # EMD2020-30
Volume (vol) vol.120
Number (no) EMD-425
Page pp.pp.6-11(EMD),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2021-03-01 (EMD)