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All Rotary Converters and Motor-Generators

Machines that convert electrical power from one form to another using rotating parts, namely rotary converters and motor-generator sets. A technology belongs here when its cited article describes such a machine. Both kinds of machine join a motor and a generator or a rotating switch into one system, so that power arrives in one form and leaves in another, for example as direct current from alternating current or at a different frequency. They were common before solid-state electronics and are placed here by the cited article.

All Rotary Converters and Motor-Generators
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Wikipedia: Rotary converter
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A rotary converter is a type of electrical machine which acts as a mechanical rectifier, inverter or frequency converter.
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Wikipedia: Motor-generator
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A motor-generator (an MG set) is a device for converting electrical power to another form.
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