CHAPTER V 



ASSEMBLING THE ARMATURE CORE 



WE now have at hand and ready to be assembled, the armature 

 frame, the core laminations, and the ventilating duct distance-pieces. 



FIG. 84. Assembling a Standard 15 h.p. Core. Vickers, Sons & Maxim. 



Taking first a case where the armature is the rotor, the frame 

 (or spider) is placed on end as illustrated in Figs. 84, 85, and 

 86. In the case of the small armature shown in Fig. 84, the 

 shaft is already in place, and the laminations, which, in this case, 



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