Investigation and analysis of the influence of magnetic wedges on high voltage motors performance

To weaken the pulsation of the harmonic magnetic field and improve the wave of the air-gap magnetic field in high voltage motors because of their open slots, magnetic slot wedge should be imbedded into the slot opening. In the paper, through analyzing the air-gap magnetic field distribution of large-scale motors affected by embedding magnetic slot wedges in open slots, the influence of magnetic slot wedge on the motor parameters and performance is discussed in theory. The finite element analysis (FEA) and the experiment results were given, which not only proves the validity of the analysis in the paper, also through the simulation results the proper parameters of magnetic slot wedges for best performance of motors were concluded, which provides a theoretical reference for the manufacturers when choosing or processing magnetic slot wedges.