what is the different betwean AC brushless motor and DC brushless motor?

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what is the different betwean AC brushless motor and DC brushless motor? elitkh@hotmail.com 03-13-2006
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Posted by elitkh@hotmail.com on March 13, 2006, 4:25 am
what is the different betwean AC brushless motor and DC brushless
motor?
does AC mean i should use inverter to oparate the motor?
thank you
eli


Posted by Brad Smallridge on March 14, 2006, 1:45 pm
I believe the difference is that you can drive an AC brushless motor
directly from an AC line - 50 or 60 Hz. I am not sure this is the same as a
synchonous motor or not. Perhaps you should quote the motors or source of
your information.

A DC brushless motor one needs a controller to 1) sense the position of the
the stator and 2) change the current flow in the coils in order to generate
the next phase of rotation. These are more typical for robotics and more
expensive in relationship to a brush DC motor.

Brad Smallridge
Ai Vision

> what is the different betwean AC brushless motor and DC brushless
> motor?
> does AC mean i should use inverter to oparate the motor?
> thank you
> eli
>




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