Cooling tower motor having improved moisture protection
AssigneeNidec Motor Corporation
InventorsKent A. Sheeran, Charles J. Roessler, Ralph D. Furmanek, John H. Hussey
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Abstract
An electrical motor has been developed having an epoxy, which encapsulates a stator winding to protect the stator winding from the humid and damp atmosphere associated with a cooling tower. The electrical motor includes a stator core, a stator winding configured about the stator core, and an epoxy encapsulating at least an end portion of the stator winding, the epoxy enabling the stator winding to be isolated from an atmosphere surrounding a fan within in a cooling tower operated by the electrical motor in which the stator core and the stator winding are positioned.
Claims4
An electrical motor comprising:
- a stator core having a plurality of laminations that form a plurality of slots in the stator core, the laminations being pressed together to form a barrier to moisture entering an air space within each slot formed by the laminations;
- a stator winding configured about the stator core, the stator winding extending through the slots in the laminations to form end portions, each end portion extending from one slot to another slot in the stator core;
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- an epoxy encapsulating each end portion of the stator winding, the epoxy encapsulating each end portion of the stator winding extends into a portion of the air space in each slot in the stator core and bonds to the stator core to seal an air-filled region between the epoxy encapsulating each end portion of the stator winding.
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