An electric motor and a compressor having an electric motor are disclosed herein. The electric motor may include a stator having a stator core and a stator coil, and a rotor provided with a rotational shaft and rotatably disposed with respect to the stator. The stator coil may include a main winding and an auxiliary winding connected to each other with a phase difference. The main winding may be divided into a plurality of main windings so as to be connected to each other and disconnected from each other, and the stator coil may further include a winding changeover switch configured to provide connection and disconnection between the plurality of main windings. Such a configuration may allow operating efficiency at a low load to be increased.

An electric motor and a compressor having an electric motor are disclosed herein. The electric motor may include a stator having a stator core and a stator coil, and a rotor provided with a rotational shaft and rotatably disposed with respect to the stator. The stator coil may include a main winding and an auxiliary winding connected to each other with a phase difference. The main winding may be divided into a plurality of main windings so as to be connected to each other and disconnected from each other, and the stator coil may further include a winding changeover switch configured to provide connection and disconnection between the plurality of main windings. Such a configuration may allow operating efficiency at a low load to be increased.

Provided is a rotor for an asynchronous electrical machine having an end shaft that includes two half-shafts pressing against a cylindrical magnetic block and two short-circuit discs each placed between one different half-shaft and one of the ends of the cylindrical magnetic block. Each half-shaft includes at least one first means of retention, and each short-circuit disc includes on each of its faces at least one second means of retention and each end of the magnetic block includes at least one third means of retention, the first, second, and third means of retention mating with one another in such a way as to prevent the short-circuit discs from moving relative to the half-shafts and relative to the magnetic block.

Provided is a rotor for an asynchronous electrical machine having an end shaft that includes two half-shafts pressing against a cylindrical magnetic block and two short-circuit discs each placed between one different half-shaft and one of the ends of the cylindrical magnetic block. Each half-shaft includes at least one first means of retention, and each short-circuit disc includes on each of its faces at least one second means of retention and each end of the magnetic block includes at least one third means of retention, the first, second, and third means of retention mating with one another in such a way as to prevent the short-circuit discs from moving relative to the half-shafts and relative to the magnetic block.

The rotor with a non-through shaft for a rotary electric machine comprises a cylindrical magnetic body clamped between two half-shafts, each comprising an attachment flange connected to the magnetic body, axial housings being uniformly provided in the magnetic body on at least one diameter of the magnetic body in order to house conductive bars. At least one attachment flange comprises insertion holes, each arranged facing a housing for inserting the conductive bars into the housings and the exterior diameter of the attachment flange is substantially equal to the exterior diameter of the magnetic body, the attachment flange comprising as many insertion holes as housings.

A method for forming a squirrel cage rotor includes stacking a plurality of coated laminates to form a stacked laminate core preform. The stacked laminate core preform defines a plurality of open cavities. Each coated laminate of the plurality of coated laminates includes a laminate coated with a precursor layer. The precursor layer includes a binder and glass particles. The method further includes firing the stacked laminate core preform at a temperature above the softening point of the glass particles to form a low porosity rotor core. The method further includes casting a conductive material into the plurality of open cavities formed in the rotor core to define a conductive squirrel cage structure in the low porosity rotor core.

The present disclosure provides a rotor assembly and a motor. The rotor assembly includes a rotor body; the rotor body includes a plurality of magnetic poles centered on an axis of the rotor body and uniformly arranged along a circumferential direction of the rotor body; each of the magnetic poles includes a filling slot provided therein with a conductive and magnetic isolation material, the filling slots of the plurality of magnetic poles are orderly arranged along the circumferential direction of the rotor body; two ends of each of the filling slots along the circumferential direction of the rotor body have a first sidewall and a second sidewall respectively; the first sidewall of each of the filling slots and the second sidewall of the adjacent filling slot are parallel to each other, and together form a magnetic flux channel parallel to the q-axis.

A sealed induction motor for a chiller assembly is provided. The induction motor includes a stator, a rotor, and a shaft with a first end and a second end. The rotor and the shaft are configured to rotate relative to the stator. The induction motor further includes a first magnetic bearing assembly located proximate the first end of the shaft and a second magnetic bearing assembly located proximate the second end of the shaft. The first and the second magnetic bearing assemblies are configured to support the shaft. The shaft is coupled to a centrifugal compressor using a direct drive connection.

A sealed induction motor for a chiller assembly is provided. The induction motor includes a stator, a rotor, and a shaft with a first end and a second end. The rotor and the shaft are configured to rotate relative to the stator. The induction motor further includes a first magnetic bearing assembly located proximate the first end of the shaft and a second magnetic bearing assembly located proximate the second end of the shaft. The first and the second magnetic bearing assemblies are configured to support the shaft. The shaft is coupled to a centrifugal compressor using a direct drive connection.

A rotor for a bearingless induction motor is provided. A rotor core defines rotor slots. A rotor winding includes a common connector plate, a plurality of rotor connector plates, and a slot conductor mounted within each rotor slot. The common connector plate is mounted adjacent a first end of the rotor core. The plurality of rotor connector plates is mounted adjacent a second end of the rotor core. Each slot conductor is electrically connected to the common connector plate and to one rotor connector plate of the plurality of rotor connector plates. Each rotor connector plate of the plurality of rotor connector plates is configured to connect a group of slot conductors that includes at least two slot conductors. A number of slot conductors included in the group of slot conductors is defined based on a predefined number of suspension pole pairs selected to provide a radial suspension force.