stator winding - Insulation Testing

Tan Delta: Complete Windings vs Individual Bars & Coils

IEC 60034-27-3 covers two very different test objects under one method: individual bars and coils, and complete stator windings. They use the same tan δ measurement, but they answer different questions, run with different setups, and get judged by different rules. Treating a complete-winding result like a bar result — or comparing the two directly — is a… Read More: Tan Delta: Complete Windings vs Individual Bars & Coils »

Stator Winding Failure Mechanisms: What’s Actually Killing Your Motor

Most stator failures are not sudden. They are the end point of a process that has been running for months or years — visible if you know what to look for, detectable by testing before the insulation finally fails in service. Understanding the failure mechanism behind a bad test result is the difference between cleaning a winding and… Read More: Stator Winding Failure Mechanisms: What’s Actually Killing Your Motor »