Alternator
Alternators are used on internal combustion engines to charge the battery and to power the electrical system when its engine is running.
Alternators generate electricity by the same principle as DC generators. When magnetic field lines cut across a conductor, a current is induced in the conductor.
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Allis Chalmers
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Austin Western
Baker
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BE
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BUKH Marine
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Drott Mfg.
Elgin Sweeper
Euclid
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Fuchs
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Gehl
Grasshopper
Gravely
Gutbrod
Harley Davidson
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Honda
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Ingersoll Rand
International Harvester
Isuzu
J.C. Bamford
Jacobsen
John Bean
John Deere
Kawasaki
Kohler
Komatsu
Kubota
Leyland Daf
Liebherr
Lister-petters
Mahindra
Marine Alternators
Mariner
Massey Ferguson
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Minneapolis Moline
Mitsubishi
Motorola
New Holland
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Oliver
OMC
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Same
Samsung
Simplicity
Sole Diesel
Steiger
Steiner
Sumitomo Yale
TCM Equipment
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Teledyne - Continental
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Waukesha
White
Yale
Yamaha
Yanmar
In general, an alternator has a stationary part (stator) and a rotating part (rotor). The stator contains windings of conductors and the rotor contains a moving magnetic field. The field cuts across the conductors, generating an electrical current, as the mechanical input causes the rotor to turn. The field may be induced (as is in induction motors) or in the form of permanent magnets. Permanent magnet alternators have the potential to be the most efficient since no mechanical energy is used to create the field. In practice many alternators create the field by using a DC feed through slip rings to the rotor windings.
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