Design engineers know that both brush DC and brushless DC (BLDC) motors can operate as generators, but many tend to avoid running brushed DC motors in generating mode because they believe it is ...

Figure 8 depicts an electrical vehicle climbing an incline moving forward (top) or in reverse (bottom). When the vehicle rolls downhill it will turn the motor pressed by the force of gravity so the ...

In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it's cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our ...

The yokeless, permanent-magnet topology offers greater efficiency around the motor’s central axis, and wastes very little copper on windings because the motors have zero overhang. Today, most electric ...

Fort Smith, Ark. – Baldor Electric Company, a Fort Smith, Arkansas†based manufacturer of energy-saving industrial electric motors, drives, mechanical power transmission products and generators, is ...

We decided to show you exactly how much power we have here at Diesel Power-to be more specific, the backup generator for the building we work in. A 20-story building requires a lot of power, and we ...

Microcontrollers may dominate today’s stepper motor projects, but there’s a charm in driving them with pure CMOS logic. Try ...

General Motors is getting into the gas station business, so to speak. The automaker has started developing variety of fixed and mobile charging stations powered by its Hydrotec hydrogen fuel cell ...

It’s not uncommon to drive around the neighborhood on trash day and see one or two ceiling fans haphazardly strewn onto a pile of garbage bags, ready to be carted off to the town dump. It’s a shame to ...