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A DC motor is an electrical motor that uses direct current (DC) to produce mechanical force. The most common types rely on magnetic forces produced by currents in the coils. Nearly all types of DC motors have some internal mechanism, either electromechanical or electronic, to periodically change the direction of current in part of the motor.
Regal Rexnord Corporation is a manufacturer of electric motors and power transmission components headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.The company has manufacturing, sales, and service facilities throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia, with about 29,000 employees.
In 1999, the company restructured and rebranded as Maxon Motor AG. In 2012, the company started offering DC motor drive configuration tooling through its website. In 2017, the company acquired Zub motion control AG, based in Lucerne, Switzerland. Parvalux Electric Motors Ltd based in Poole, UK, was also acquired by Maxon Motor AG in 2018.
Thomas Davenport (July 9, 1802 – July 6, 1851) was a Vermont blacksmith who, with his wife Emily, constructed the first American DC electric motor in 1834. [ 1 ] Biography
American; built a 12-pole electric motor with segmental commutator. [7] [18] [20] US 910: 1840, Truman Cook American; built electric motor with a PM armature. [18] [20] US 1735: 1845, Paul-Gustav Froment: French, engineer and instrument maker; first of various motors; first motor translated linear "electromagnetic piston's" energy to wheel's ...
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The museum is the oldest operating trolley museum in the United States and has one of the largest collections of trolley artifacts in the United States. Frank's son Robert C. Sprague would go on to found and lead the Sprague Electric Company as its president (1926–1953) and CEO (1953–1987). At its peak, Sprague Electric employed 12,000 ...