Armature
The armature assembly of a generator consists of many
armature coils wound on an iron core, a commutator,
and associated mechanical parts. These additional
loops of wire are actually called windings and are
evenly spaced around the armature so that the distance
between each winding is the same. Mounted on a shaft,
it rotates through the magnetic field produced by the
field coils. The core of the armature acts as an iron
conductor in the magnetic field and, for this reason, is
laminated to prevent the circulation of eddy currents.
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