16 th International IGTE Symposium, 14.9-17.9.

2014, Graz, Austria

Estimation of Additional Losses due to

Random contacts at the Edges of Stator
Department of Electrical
of an Electrical Machine Engineering and Automation
P.O Box 13000, FI-00076, Aalto
S. B. Shah, P. Rasilo, A. Belahcen and A. Arkkio
Email. sahas.bikram.shah@aalto.fi

Introduction
The burrs formed during punching process
deteriorates the insulation and forms random
galvanic contacts at the edges of electrical sheets.
These contacts provides the additional path for the
eddy current and causes the additional losses.
Fig.1. Induced current density Fig.2. Induced current density
with contact without contact
Methods
1. FEM study , Maxwells equations

H = J On boundaries,
n A = n Ax
J = - j A n A = n Ay

J =0
Ay Ax
=
Bz Fig.4. Flux density along the thickness of
x y Fig.3. Flux density along the thickness sheet without contact
of sheet with contact
Table.1
2. Surface boundary layer model Electrical Sheet parameters
The presence of surface current causes Dimension 90 mm 26 mm 2 mm
discontinuity in tangential component of
Burr width 1 mm
magnetic field. Surface boundary layer
Conductivity 3 MS/m
model is derived in [1] is given by
A
FeA wd + Air A wd - wh t d Fe = 0
Fe Air Fe
Fig.5. Losses at different frequencies

Case A: One teeth burred Case B: Random conductivity

Fig.6. Solution difference between Fig.7. Comparison of losses with

burred and healthy machine healthy machine Fig.9. Cummulative distribution function
Fig.8. Random conductivites at the edges
of additional loss
Table.2
Machine parameters
Conductivity uniform variation R A ( x , y , t )
2

1 1
Type Induction machine [0, 3 MS/m]
n
e
h
t
d dt

R n =1 T
n
Supply voltage 400, 4 pole machine
R is number of simulations
Frequency 50 [Hz]
e is index of edges
Results and conclusion
Significant increase in losses due to burr at higher frequencies in laminated sheets
7.7 % of total electromagnetic loss was estimated as additional loss in 37 kW induction machine
[1] S.B.Shah, P.Rasilo, A.Belahcen and A.Arkkio,Modeling of Losses due to Inter laminar Short-Circuit Currents in Lamination Stacks,RTU,vol.3, pp.31-36,2013