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- Electric Motors and Drives is intended for non-specialist users of electric motors and drives, filling the gap between maths- and theory-based academic textbooks and the more prosaic 'handbooks', which provide useful detail but little opportunity for the development of real insight and understanding. The book explores all of the widely-used modern types of motor and drive, including conventional and brushless D.C., induction motors and servo drives, providing readers with the knowledge to select
- The third edition includes additional diagrams and worked examples throughout. New topics include digital interfacing and control of drives, direct torque control of induction motors and current-fed operation in DC drives. The material on brushless servomotors has also been expanded.
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| Height | 9 Inches |
| Length | 6 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | May 2013 |
| Weight | 1.6093745126 Pounds |
| Width | 1.08 Inches |
Yeah, I was going to joke that you make it infinitely long. Power/torque is proportional to L*D^2 so the longer you make it, the more you'll get out of it. Practically speaking, you don't want your length to be more than about 2-4X your rotor OD for manufacturability.
Here are two good books for learning about motor design, neither will really tell you how to actually select the geometry of the laminations or the winding configuration. Speed is a good piece of software for analyzing that. Maxwell is also good, but that is going to be out of the price range for individuals.
Are you looking for low-level info (ie how do motors and drives work) or higher level ( how do you take off the shelf units to combine them into a system)?
If the first, Electric Motors and Drives by Austin Hughes and Bill Drury. If the second, any drive manufacturer’s manuals should be more than sufficient.
This is one of my favourites, although it is more heavy on theory than it is on real-world applications. But if you can get through it, you will have a great understanding of how motors work. Covers DC and AC asynchronous/synchronous motors, servos, as well as stepper / reluctance motors, and a heavy discussion on VFD's, both in the V/Hz and PID modes.
A great book if you want to really understand, electromagnetically, what is going on "under the hood" with motors & VFDs. There is not a ton of chat about non-VFD control, but they do go over other starting methods. It's not super technical, but if you want that, you want Hughes, which covers some of this plus a million other things.
EDIT: Also covers some odd-ball stuff like cyclo-converters and such.
Ok, so if you really have to build your own motion/motor controller, here is how you could proceed (Disclaimer: I have never actually built a high power motor controller myself):
The first step is to select an appropriate motor. In your case, I think, you will end up having to use a brushless DC motor (also called EC motor, three-phase motor, ...). However, using a brushed DC motor would make your job a lot easier.
Maxon has some good resources to get the big picture of motor drivers. Note that you can't transfer everything 1:1 to larger motors (losses in the power electronics become more important (!)), but the basic principles are still the same. The document about BLDC motors is probably the most interesting one for you, especially starting from page 11.
/u/wolfcry0 summarized the things you need to know about your system pretty well :). If you want us to help you, you should also share them with us. Also consider if you require a speed controller (with feedback).
Once you know the basics, you should also look at some of the available motor controllers out there. I think there are four main sources for you:
You will also need to know, how to design and build your own PCB. Maybe there is a class for this at your university? I also suggest that you have someone to guide you through the design, who has experience with PCB design. Don't forget to allocate enough time for bug-fixing, software development and a second revision of your hardware....
Despite that these references are more for "industrial applications" though:
http://www.amazon.com/Electric-Motors-Drives-Fundamentals-Applications/dp/0080983324
http://www.amazon.com/Electric-Motor-Control-Stephen-Herman/dp/1435485750
http://www.amazon.com/Electrical-Machines-Drives-Systems-Edition/dp/0131776916
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