What is a Drive?

Electronic motor drives seem to be everywhere, but do you really know what they are or how they work? Electronic motor drives fall into one of two categories: AC and DC. AC motor drives control AC induction motors, DC motor drives typically control shunt-wound DC motors (which have separate armature and field circuits), and they both control the speed, torque, direction, and resulting horsepower of

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