Induction motor with a circumferentially slitted squirrel cage rotor

Abstract

A rotor for an induction motor is provide. The rotor includes a core built with stacks of a plurality of steel sheets and includes a plurality of rotor slots that are radially arranged. The rotor further includes a plurality of conductor bars contained in the plurality of rotor slots, respectively, and end-rings attached to both longitudinal ends of each of the plurality of conductor bars. The rotor further includes at least one slit formed inward from an outer periphery of the rotor along a perimeter of the rotor, wherein the slit has a depth deep enough to form a groove portion in at least some region of each of the plurality of conductor bars.

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