Alstom Renewable Technologies

Ge Renewable Technologies

Alstom Hydro France

Serdar Cifyildiz

Alexander Schwery

Matthias Schmid

Ricardo Naoki Okai

Hanspeter Walser

Bruno Meyer

A rotating electric machine includes a rotor, having a rotor laminate stack extending in the direction of a machine axis and having a rotor winding, the rotor winding forming a winding head at each of the ends of the rotor laminate stack, said winding head being fastened to a winding head rim, which is arranged concentrically within the winding head and adjoins the rotor laminate stack in the axial direction, in order to intercept centrifugal forces by means of bolts passing radially through the winding head, and a fastening designed to safely absorb axial expansions of the winding head. Simple and secure fastening is achieved by virtue of the bolts being fastened to the winding head rim in each case on a T-shaped hammer profile, which extends in the axial direction and is mounted in axially movable fashion in an associated axial T-shaped slot in the winding head rim.

Rotating electrical machine

A rotating electric machine, e.g. hydrogenerator, includes a rotor, including a rotor laminate stack extending in a machine axis direction and having a rotor winding which forms a winding head at each of the ends of the rotor laminate stack. The winding head is fastened to a winding head rim, which is arranged concentrically within the winding head and adjoins the rotor laminate stack in the axial direction, to intercept centrifugal forces by bolts passing radially through the winding head, and a fastening designed to safely absorb axial expansions of the winding head. Simple and secure fastening is achieved by the bolts being fastened to the winding head rim in each case on a T-shaped hammer profile, which extends axially and is mounted, axially movable, in a T-shaped groove in the winding head rim, additional couplers are provided that transmit axial expansions of the winding head onto the hammer profile.

A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor configured to rotate about an axis. The rotor includes a rotor lamination stack having a plurality of sheets pressed into a composite assembly in an axial direction and being radially divided into an inner mechanical part and an outer electrical part. A rotor winding is disposed in the electrical part of the rotor lamination stack. A stator is concentrically surrounding the rotor. A plurality of shear bolts is disposed in the mechanical part and configured to reach through the rotor lamination stack. A plurality of further bolts is disposed in the electrical part, the plurality of shear bolts and a plurality of further bolts being configured to press the plurality of sheets in the axial direction.

Rotating electric machine with rotor including bolts

An electrical machine configured to operate at a power range of several MVA includes a rotor is configured to rotate about a rotor axis. The rotor includes a rotor lamination stack. A stator includes a stator lamination stack concentrically surrounding the rotor lamination stack, wherein a ring-like air gap separates the rotor lamination stack from the stator. An air gap monitoring device extends through the air gap in an axial direction and is configured to detect at least one of a change in a rotor geometry and a presence of debris in the air gap.

Electrical machine with a device for monitoring an air gap between a rotor and a stator

An electrical machine configured to operate in a power range of several MVA includes a rotor configured to rotate about an axis. The rotor includes a rotor winding disposed in a rotor lamination stack and having an exposed winding head outside of the rotor lamination stack. The winding head includes a winding head retention system having a plurality of radially oriented retention elements each including a locking device configured to secure a respective one of the retention elements against at least one of an unintentional loosening and a flying away in an event of a breakage.

Electrical machine with a restraint system for a rotor winding head

A rotating electric machine includes a rotor configured to rotate about an axis. The rotor includes a rotor laminate stack having layered laminations pressed in an axial direction to form a composite, the rotor laminate stack being radially divided into an inner mechanical region and an outer electrical region. A rotor winding is disposed in the electrical region of the rotor laminate stack. A stator concentrically surrounds the rotor. A press plate is configured to press the layered laminations in the axial direction, the press plate being radially divided into a separate inner press plate and a separate outer press plate so as to correspond to the radial division of the rotor laminate stack.

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