Studying Characteristics of Traction Induction Motors for Variable-Speed Mine Electric Locomotive

Abstract

The analysis of torque-speed characteristics of induction motors has been carried out in order to choose the base design for variable speed traction electric drives of underground mine electric locomotives. For constant dimensions of active part of series-produced electric motors the influence of the diverse conductivity’s materials for manufacturing the squirrel-cage rotor on speed-torque and speed-current characteristics. The designs are compared according to speed-up dynamics, power indexes and key design features of the studied electric motors.