System Components: Armature
The Armature assembly is comprised of the armature shaft, armature winding, armature stack and commutator. Thin iron stampings are laminated together to form the stack or core. The slots on the outside of the laminations hold the armature windings. The windings loop around the core and are connected to the commutator. Each commutator segment is insulated from the adjacent segments. The commutator may have up to 30 segments. A steel shaft is insert in the center hole of the laminations with the commutator insulated from the shaft.