Mechanical Design and Manufacturing of Electric Motors

The second edition of Mechanical Design of Electric Motors provides in-depth knowledge of design methods and development of electric motors, in the context of new technology in 3D printing, robots, nanotechnology and digital techniques, and the challenges these pose for the motor industry.

Wei Tong, Ph.D, PE is chief engineer at Kollmorgen Corporation, a subsidiary of Danaher Corporation, Radford, Virginia, USA. He is an internationally recognized expert on mechanical-electrical-thermal systems. A fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and a registered professional engineer in the state of Virginia, USA, Dr. Tong holds 28 US patents and 16 foreign patents. He presently serves as an associate editor of ASME Journal of Heat Transfer and International Journal of Rotating Machinery.

Mechanical Design and Manufacturing of Electric Motors, Second Edition: 1. Introduction to Electric Motors. 2. Rotor Design. 3. Shaft Design. 4. Stator Design. 5. Motor Frame Design. 6. Motor Bearing. 7. Motor Brake. 8. Servo Feedback Devices and Motor Sensors. 9. Power Transmission and Gearing Systems. 10. Motor Power Losses. 11. Motor Cooling. 12. Motor Vibration and Acoustic Noise. 13. Motor Testing. 14. Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis of Electric Motors. 15. Innovative and Advanced Motor Design.