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Direct current motor control

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The direct current machine was manufactured before the beginning of this century when the available power supply was direct current. Great numbers of d. c. motors are still made today because their characteristics are so well suited to many variable-speed drives.

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Ramshaw, R. (1973). Direct current motor control. In: Power Electronics. Modern Electrical Studies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6916-5_4

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