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Dissimilarities Between Armature and Commutator

September 30, 2019 By Wat Electrical

An armature is a combination of the winding, commutator, brushes, and ball bearings. It is a core on which all these elements hold to fulfill its own action. It is liable for the generation of flux when the current through the winding associates with the field flux. This association of flux creates a reaction that puts some influence on the flux caused. The obtained flux either gets distorted or decreased due to the armature reaction. But commutator role is different from the armature as it is used for the generation of unidirectional energy. We shall discuss what is an armature and a commutator, and differentiation between armature and commutator.

Differentiation Between Armature and Commutator

What is an Armature?

It is a core and is of silicon steel material, it made of this material in order to reduce the losses (I,e hysteresis and eddy current losses). Armature winding is responsible for the production of flux. This winding is a collection of coils placed in the magnetic field.

What is Commutator?

It is a device used for the collection of current from the core winding. It is used as a converting device that converts the alternating power to direct power and vice-versa.

Armature Commutator
It receives current from the armature windings It receives current from the armature core
The core consists of armature windings, commutator, and brushes It has some segments
It gives current from the armature core to commutator It converts the alternating power to direct power and vice-versa
It is made of silicon steel It is made of Mica Insulation with 0.5mm thickness
Laminated to reduce armature losses Insulated with Mica to reduce the sparking and to perform a smooth operation
It is a collection of coils placed inside the core It is a collection of segments
It is responsible for the production of flux It is responsible for the receiving of armature current
It produces flux that interacts with the main field to produce armature reaction Due to the armature reaction, the commutator is able is to receive the current from the core winding.
It sends alternating current to segments The alternating current is converted to direct by using the segments
It generates non-uniform current It converts either to uniform or non-uniform current depending on the requirement
The figure which depicts the core is shown in the figure below.

 

 

armature_commutator

 

The figure that represents the segments is shown in the figure below.

commutation_armature

 

Thus, in this article, we had an overview of the differentiation between an armature and a commutator. It is responsible for the production of flux and the segments are used to collect the current from the core and it the core that holds all the components like winding, commutator, brushes, and bearings. Here is a question for the readers, what is the function of a brush in DC machines?

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