Construction of Hybrid Stepper Motor

The stator of this stepper motor is same as its permanent magnet or reluctance type counterpart. The stator coils are wound on alternate poles. In this, the coils of different phases are wound on each pole, usually two coils at a pole which is referred as a bifilar connection.

The rotor consists of a permanent magnet which is magnetized in axial direction to create a pair of magnetic poles (N and S poles).  Each pole is covered with uniformly spaced teeth. The teeth are made up of soft steel and two section, of which on each pole are misaligned each other by a half-tooth pitch.

Working of Hybrid Stepper Motor:

This motor works similar to that of permanent magnet stepper motor. The figure above shows 2-phase, 4-pole, 6-tooth rotor hybrid stepper motor. When the phase A-A’ is excited with a DC supply, keeping B-B’ unexcited, the rotor aligns such that the south pole of the rotor faces north pole of the stator while north pole of rotor faces south pole of the stator.

Now, if the phase B-B’ is excited, keeping A-A’ switched off in such a way that upper pole becomes north and lower becomes south, then the rotor will align to a new position by moving through counterclockwise direction. If the phase B-B’ is oppositely excited such that the upper pole becomes south and lower becomes north, then the rotor will turn clockwise direction.

By a proper sequence of pulses to the stator, the motor will turn in desired direction. For every excitation, rotor will get locked into new position, and even if excitation is removed motor still maintains its locked condition due to the permanent magnet excitation. The step angle of this 2-phase, 4-pole, 6-tooth rotor motor is given as 360/ (2 × 6) = 30 degrees. In practice, hybrid motors are constructed with more number of rotor poles in order to get high angular resolution.

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Stepper Motor Advantages and Disadvantages

Stepper Motor Basics
"A stepper motor is an electromechanical device which converts electrical pulses into discrete mechanical movements. The shaft or spindle of a stepper motor rotates in discrete step increments when electrical command pulses are applied to it in the proper sequence. The motors rotation has several direct relationships to these applied input pulses. The sequence of the applied pulses is directly related to the direction of motor shafts rotation. The speed of the motor shafts rotation is directly related to the frequency of the input pulses and the length of rotation is directly related to the number of input pulses applied."

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Stepper Motor Advantages and Disadvantages

Advantages:

1. The rotation angle of the motor is proportional to the input pulse.

2. The motor has full torque at standstill (if the windings are energized)

3. Precise positioning and repeatability of movement since good stepper motors have an accuracy of 3 – 5% of a step and this error is non cumulative from one step to the next.

4. Excellent response to starting/stopping/reversing.

5. Very reliable since there are no contact brushes in the motor. Therefore the life of the motor is simply dependant on the life of the bearing.

6. The motors response to digital input pulses provides open-loop control, making the motor simpler and less costly to control.

7. It is possible to achieve very low speed synchronous rotation with a load that is directly coupled to the shaft.

8. A wide range of rotational speeds can be realized as the speed is proportional to the frequency of the input pulses.

Disadvantages:
1.    Resonances can occur if not properly controlled.
2.    Not easy to operate at extremely high speeds.

The motors that are included in a motor home may be different than a stepper motor but the general dynamics are the same. Those who are looking for a motor home for sale should be especially wary of the condition of the motor, though you can always go to an RV dump site to look for spare parts.

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