Computer-assisted dielectric control in curing process of armature windings of DC motors

In view of the fact that the dielectric characteristics of armature windings are similar for different norms of the motors, the dielectric response can be used to control the curing process. Appropriate physical properties, such as ultimate tensile strength and the percentage of elongation at break, are required. Since the extent of the cure is the cause of all events, the dielectric features corresponding to the appropriate physical properties can be used as criteria. The optimum curing point is determined by analyzing the dielectric response of armature windings with a dielectrometer interfaced with a microcomputer. A preliminary evaluation of the approach is presented