File:Commutator - Brush Contact Angle.png

Summary

Illustration Description

Figure 339 -- Contact angle for the different types of brush

• Sheet/laminated copper brushes use tangential contact as at A
• Wire and mesh/gauze brushes use an inclined contact as at B
• Carbon brushes are placed radially as at C when in box holders
• Carbon brushes are inclined opposite to the direction of rotation as at D when used with reaction holders

Public Domain Source

• Hawkins Electrical Guide, Volume 1
• Chapter 21: Brushes and the Brush Gear
• Page 312, Figure 339
• Copyright 1917 by Theo. Audel & Co.
• Printed in the United States

Upload Notes

• Scanned by User:DMahalko, Dale Mahalko, Gilman, WI, USA -- Email: [email protected], on 21:08, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
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• Level-adjusted and cleaned up using Gimp 2.4.4

See Also

For a list of all these illustrations used in Wikipedia please see the article Hawkins Electric Guide on the English Wikipedia.

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