Electric Motors Lab

• Environment
• Objectives
• Projects

 

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Environment

51 motor stations equipped with various real world industrial electric motors and control units such as:

• Danfoss cycletrol 150 DC Speed Control Box
• Reliance Electric SP500 VS Drive PWM
• Mitsubishi AC Servo Amplifier MR-J40A
• Automation Direct GS1 – 10P5 Variable Frequency Drive
• incor 5500 AC Motor Control Model 5511 440V
• Industrial speed control equipment
• Much more. Contact our Admissions department to learn more about our Electrician program and lab equipment

Objectives

To learn to install DC motors, AC motors, single phase motors and three phase motors as well as how to troubleshoot motors and understand motor selection.

Projects

Students work on lab projects to learn motor setups and concepts such as three wire control, control relays, multiple stops and multiple starts, sequential starts, simultaneous starts, common overloads, reverse starts, electrical interlocks and more.