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Understanding the different types of DC motors will also help you understand how they’re used for different applications, and which type may apply to your application. There are 4 main types of DC motors:
1. Permanent Magnet DC Motors The permanent magnet motor uses a permanent magnet to create field flux. This type of DC motor provides great starting torque and has good speed regulation, but torque is limited so they are typically found on low horsepower applications.
2. Series DC Motors In a series DC motor, the field is wound with a few turns of a large wire carrying the full armature current. Typically, series DC motors create a large amount of starting torque, but cannot regulate speed and can even be damaged by running with no load. These limitations mean that they are not a good option for variable speed drive applications.
3. Shunt DC Motors In shunt DC motors the field is connected in parallel (shunt) with the armature windings. These motors offer great speed regulation due to the fact that the shunt field can be excited separately from the armature windings, which also offers simplified reversing controls.
4. Compound DC Motors Compound DC motors, like shunt DC motors, have a separately excited shunt field. Compound DC motors have good starting torque but may experience control problems in variable speed drive applications.
Dominic M answered the question on June 23, 2018 at 19:37
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