The presenter

Chuck Yung
EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist

Chuck Yung is a senior technical support specialist for the Electrical Apparatus Service Association (EASA) and has worked in the electrical machinery industry since 1974. Yung has hands-on winding and mechanical experience with AC and DC machines, including field service. Yung is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and currently chairs the IEEE 1068 Standard for the Repair and Rewinding of Electric Motors for the Petroleum, Chemical and Process Industries. He helped develop the new CSA 391 standard: Maintaining the Efficiency of Synchronous Machines. Yung joined the staff of EASA in 1998, and has authored more than 130 technical articles and papers, published worldwide, including eight published in IEEE Industry Applications magazine.

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Magnetic Wedges

Event specifics

Type of education:

Webinar

Date of the event:

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Central Time Zone

Instructor:

Chuck Yung, EASA Senior Technical Support Specialist

An increasing number of manufacturers are using magnetic wedges in their form-wound machines. When a winder fails to replace magnetic wedges in kind, the winding temperature rise can increase by 20°C, and the magnetizing current can increase by 20% or more.

This webinar explains why they are used, provides a balanced review of the benefits and negative issues associated with their use, and explains how to avoid the problems.

Why some manufacturers use magnetic wedges
Benefits of magnetic wedges
Downside of magnetic wedges
Fitting and installation to prevent them from falling out in service

Target audience:

This webinar will benefit service center technicians and supervisors.

Price

Member price:

$59 per site

Nonmember price:

$199 per site

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Magnetic Wedges