3 PHASE ASYNCHRONOUS MOTORS

3-phase asynchronous motors consist of two basic components, stator and rotor. Stator is the fixed part of the motor. Stator has a stator core and field windings. In the stators of 3-phase asynchronous motors a separate winding for each 3 phases. Rotor is the rotating part of the motor. There is winding in the rotors of the slip-ring asynchronous motors, and short-circuited bars in the rotor of the squirrel-cage asynchronous motors. Asynchronous motor type generally used in industrial implementations is the squirrel-cage asynchronous motor. Industrial asynchronous motor product range of Volt Motor consists of squirrel-cage asynchronous motors.

In asynchronous motors, the frequency of the rotating field created in the air gap and the rotation frequency of the rotor are not the same. These motors are called asynchronous for this reason. The frequency of the rotating field in the air gap depends on the motor’s feed frequency and the number of poles, and does not change with the motor’s load, but the rotation frequency of the rotor varies according to the load. As the load increases in the motor operation area, the motor rotation speed decreases, and as the load decreases, the motor rotation speed increases. The motor rotation speed is the highest in idle mode. The motor rotation speed of asynchronous motor in the motor operation area cannot exceed the rotation speed of the rotating field. The rotation speed of the rotating field is calculated as follows:

N: rotation speed of rotating field [rpm]
f: feed frequency [Hz]
P: number of poles of stator winding

As is seen here, rotating field speed of a 2-pole motor will be 3000rpm and rotating field speed of a 4-pole motor will be 1500rpm. The change in rotation speed of the asynchronous motor at different loads can be seen in the torque-speed graph shown below.

3-phase asynchronous motors;

• can be used directly by operating from the network (DOL). In this case, speed adjustment is not possible.

• can be used by feeding with variable speed driver (VFD) for speed control and are suitable for both scaler and vectorial control.

• The same motor can be used in both 50Hz and 60Hz networks.

• are suitable for Star/Triangle start-up or soft starter usage for limitation of start-up current.