Improvement of the impregnation technology of traction motor windings in order to improve the parameters of rotor imbalance

Authors

  • Yaroslav Shostak National Transport University
  • Yuri Reshetnikov National Transport University

Keywords:

railway transport, wagons, electric train, rotor balancing, traction electric motors, electrical insulation of windings, impregnation of windings

Abstract

The work is devoted to improving the quality indicators of balancing rotors of electric machines by technological methods on the example of overhaul of traction electric motors of electric trains of series EP2, EP9, EPL2, EPL9, ED9 at PrJSC "Kyiv Electric Wagon Repair Plant". The features of the technological process of eliminating mechanical imbalance of rotors during the manufacture and repair of electric motors are analyzed. The causes of mechanical imbalance of rotors are clarified. The degree of influence on the imbalance of rotors of uneven distribution of impregnation compound over the volume of electrical windings is experimentally investigated. The hypothesis put forward about the possibility of partial compensation of static imbalance of rotors by controlling the distribution of the compound during application of electrical insulation (impregnation) of windings is confirmed. A method of controlling the distribution of the compound during impregnation is proposed. The essence of the method is to fix the rotor in the drying chamber in a position corresponding to the phase angle of the “heavy spot”, namely by placing it with the “heavy spot” up. Controlling the distribution of the compound over the rotor volume can be considered as a technological method for improving balancing performance. The method makes it possible to improve the quality of balancing by reducing the mass of balancing loads during the final balancing of rotors by up to 70%.

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2025-12-29

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Shostak, Y., & Reshetnikov, Y. (2025). Improvement of the impregnation technology of traction motor windings in order to improve the parameters of rotor imbalance. Transport Systems and Technologies, (46). Retrieved from https://tst.duit.in.ua/index.php/tst/article/view/451

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No. 46 (2025): Transport systems and technologies

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