Tag:mechanical driver=electric motor
| mechanical_driver = electric_motor |
| Description |
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| A device to convert electricity to mechanical energy. It drives other systems which require rotating motion. |
| Group: Man made |
| Used on these elements |
| Useful combination |
| Status: approved |
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An electric motor (151-13-41) converts electricity into rotating mechanic energy. It acts as a primary motion source for other devices that would need it.
Electric motors could be found in a large diversity of systems and usage, in industry or domestic domains. Many situations would lead us to use this tag on OSM, as to describe if a mechanical device requires electricity to run.
It's for instance relevant to use it in combination with man_made=pump.
Note that mechanical_driver=* should not be confused with actuator=* as the first is a primary energy source for a system while the last only commands it.
Examples
Industrial
| Photo | Location | Tagging | Comments |
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| France |
man_made=pump
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A common radial centrifugal_pump driven by an electric motor in a drinkable water production facility |
Hydropower
| Photo | Location | Tagging | Comments |
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| Switzerland |
man_made=pump
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Hydropower generation sometimes involves pump for large scale water storage. Some power plants have pumps separated from turbines like in Veytaux, Switzerland where a 600 tons multi-stage centrifugal pump is located below a Pelton turbine, linked by a direct coupling (see this chart). The pump is driven by the generator used as an electric motor with electricity coming from transmission grid. When the pump s running, the Pelton turbine runs empty without water. |
