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A PAPER read recently in London by D. Rudd before the Institution of Electrical Engineers reviews, in general terms, present-day practice in the design of industrial motor control-gear. The scope of the paper is limited to standard industrial equipment and the subject is approached from the user point of view. The first part reviews the principles on which modern design has been established, and the later sections discuss some of the factors that are likely to affect future development. The author states the case for the utmost simplicity in design and for greater latitude in the value of allowable starting-current peaks. Possible development in contact materials is discussed, and reference is made to the possibility of achieving some measure of standardization.
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Motor Control-Gear. Nature 155, 264 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155264d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/155264d0