Model Engineer Index 1898 to Feb 2025

Year 1921
Date 01-Dec
Volume 45
Issue 1,075
Page 473
Category Electrical
Part 3
Title Rectifying Devices
Author E.T.Painton
Notes A Practical Article describing the Construction and Operation of Devices for Transforming Alternating Currents into Direct Currents. The Commutator Type of Rectifier. Principle of commutator rectifier, four-segment connections, simple construction, improved design, arrangement of brushes for sliprings & commutator, the driving motor, brushes, principle of synchronous motor, type suitable for conversion, distributed field winding, four-pole distributed winding, 10-ampere commutator rectifier, rotor connections, alternative connections between rotor & stator