Machines that turn electrical energy into motion, including induction, synchronous, stepper, linear, brushless DC, switched reluctance, shaded-pole, torque and electrostatic motors and servomotors. A technology belongs here when its cited article describes an electric motor or a type of one. Electric motors differ in how the magnetic field and the rotor interact and in how they are controlled, so the types here range from simple induction machines to precise servo and stepper drives. A machine is placed here by the motor type the cited article describes.
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Wikipedia: Electric motor
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An electric motor is a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.
View the Source Wikipedia: Induction motor
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An induction motor or asynchronous motor is an AC electric motor in which the electric current in the rotor that produces torque is obtained by electromagnetic induction from the magnetic field of the stator winding.
View the Source Synchronous motor (Wikipedia)
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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 current.
View the Source Wikipedia: Stepper motor
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A stepper motor, also known as step motor or stepping motor, is a brushless DC electric motor that rotates in a series of small and discrete angular steps.
View the Source Wikipedia: Linear motor
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A linear motor is an electric motor that has had its stator and rotor "unrolled", thus it produces a linear force along its length, rather than a rotational force (torque).
View the Source Wikipedia: Brushless DC electric motor
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A brushless DC electric motor (BLDC), also known as an electronically commutated motor, is a synchronous motor using a direct current (DC) electric power supply.
View the Source Wikipedia: Switched reluctance motor
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The switched reluctance motor (SRM) is a type of reluctance motor.
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A servomotor (or servo motor or simply servo) is a rotary or linear actuator that allows precise control of angular or linear position, velocity, and acceleration in a mechanical system.
View the Source Shaded-pole motor, Wikipedia
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The shaded-pole motor is the original type of AC single-phase electric induction motor, dating back to at least as early as 1890.
View the Source Wikipedia: Torque motor
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A torque motor is a specialized form of DC electric motor which can operate indefinitely while stalled, without incurring damage.
View the Source Wikipedia: Electrostatic motor
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An electrostatic motor or capacitor motor is a type of electric motor based on the attraction and repulsion of electric charge.
View the Source Wikipedia: Universal motor
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The universal motor is a type of electric motor that can operate on either AC or DC power and uses an electromagnet as its stator to create its magnetic field.
View the Source DC motor, Wikipedia
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A DC motor is an electrical motor that uses direct current (DC) to produce mechanical force.
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An axial flux motor (axial gap motor, or pancake motor) is a geometry of electric motor construction where the gap between the rotor and stator, and therefore the direction of magnetic flux between the two, is aligned parallel with the axis of rotation, rather than radially as with the concentric cylindrical geometry of the more common radial flux motor.
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A repulsion motor is a type of electric motor which runs on alternating current (AC).
View the Source Wikipedia: Wound rotor motor
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A wound-rotor motor, also known as slip ring-rotor motor, is a type of induction motor where the rotor windings are connected through slip rings to external resistance.
View the Source Wikipedia: Reluctance motor
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A reluctance motor is a type of electric motor that induces non-permanent magnetic poles on the ferromagnetic rotor.
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