Parts Of a Motor

Parts of an Electric Motor

• Armature or rotor
• Commutator
• Brushes
• Axle
• Field magnet
• DC power supply of some sort

Parts of an electric motor
An electric motor is about magnets and magnetism: A motor uses magnets to create motion. The fundamental law of all magnets is: Opposites attract and likes repel. So if you have two bar magnets with their ends marked "north" and "south," then the north end of one magnet will attract the south end of the other. The north end of one magnet will repel the north end of the other magnet. As an electric motor, these attracting and repelling for...