Can you repair your large squirrel cage rotor or does it need to be outsourced?

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    This is a must-read for electric motor repair personnel dealing with larger motors that need to determine the integrity of a squirrel-cage rotor and if it needs to be repaired in-house or outsourced.

    In this timeless resource article, you will learn methods for how to determine broken and lose bars, voids in endings, cracks, vibration, overheating, and much much more….

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    • Most common reasons for squirrel cage rotor failure
    • Learn methods for testing a squirrel cage rotor which has failed or is near failure
    • How an induction rotor works
    • The problems broken rotor bars can create
    • 19 colored pictures and graphs
    • And much much more

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    Visual inspection of rotor failure:

    • Balancing issues
    • Cracked endrings
    • Melted aluminum or copper
    • Shifted laminations
    • Casting flaws in endrings and bars
    • Localized burnt spots
    • Open bars
    • And more
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    Testings methods

    • Growler testing for open bars
    • Coreloss testing for iron integrity
    • High current excitation testing for open bars
    • Spectrum analysis for vibration testing
    • Tap testing for loose bars
    • Dye penetration test for cracks
    • Temperature paint testing for hot spots
    • Ultrasonic testing for voids in endrings and cracks in the shaft
    • Low resistance ohmmeter testing for broken bars
    • High current low voltage transformer testing
    • Thermal imaging

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      Assembled Motor Rotor Testing Methods

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      • Single-phase testing for open bars
      • Two ammeter comparison testing for open bars
      • Stroboscope testing for speed issues
      • Vibration analysis
      • Motor current signature analysis for open bars
      • Stray flux testing for open bars
       
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