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rotor: see generator generator, in electricity, machine used to change mechanical energy into electrical energy. It operates on the principle of electromagnetic induction , discovered (1831) by Michael Faraday. ..... Click the link for more information. ; motor, electric motor, electric, machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. When an electric current is passed through a wire loop that is in a magnetic field, the loop will rotate and the rotating motion is transmitted to a shaft, providing useful mechanical ..... Click the link for more information. . rotor 1. the rotating member of a machine or device, esp the armature of a motor or generator or the rotating assembly of a turbine 2. a device having blades radiating from a central hub that is rotated to produce thrust to lift and propel a helicopter 3. the revolving arm of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine 4. a violent rolling wave of air occurring in the lee of a mountain or hill, in which the air rotates about a horizontal axis rotor [′rōd·ər] (aerospace engineering) An assembly of blades designed as airfoils that are attached to a helicopter or similar aircraft and rapidly rotated to provide both lift and thrust. (communications) Disk with a set of input contacts and a set of output contacts, connected by any prearranged scheme designed to rotate within an electrical cipher machine. Disk whose rotation produces a variation of some cryptographic element in a cipher machine usually by means of lugs (or pins) in or on its periphery. (electricity) The rotating member of an electrical machine or device, such as the rotating armature of a motor or generator, or the rotating plates of a variable capacitor. (mechanical engineering) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| While the company's customer base tends to skew toward larger shredding operations, Riverside Products is capable of making rotors of any size. Slow and weak, the rotors circle at about twice the speed of the second hand on a watch and generate only a ten-thousandth as much torque as typical electrically powered micromachines do. As a result, diecast aluminum rotors have been used in most small and medium-sized integral horsepower motors even though copper is the logical material of choice. |
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