PressPlate UDP

The PressPlate UDP is used to create press plates, fingers, and stems for large AC or DC machines. Press plates and fingers are put at two ends of a large laminated slot core and are locked in place by the stems so that the core laminations can be pressed tightly together.

Property	Description
CoreLength	Axial length of the core inside press plates
PlateDiaIn	Press plate inner diameter
PlateDiaOut	Press plate outer diameter
PlateThick	Press plate axial thickness
PlateFilletThick	Plate fillet thickness at inner diameter
PlateFilletAngle	Plate fillet angle at inner diameter
Fingers	Number of end fingers, or the number of core slots
FingerDiaIn	Inner diameter for distributed fingers
FingerDiaOut	Outer diameter for distributed fingers
FingerDiaHold	Finger holder outer diameter
FingerDiaBot	Inner diameter for slot-bottom fingers, 0 without bottom fingers
FingerWidth	Finger width to cover tooth width
FingerThick	Finger holder axial thickness
FingerPlateGap	Length of the axial gap between fingers and plates
Stems	Number of stems to lock two end press plates.
StemLength	Axial stem length
StemDia	Stem diameter
StemLocDia	Diameter of stem center layout circle
StemGap	Clearance gap around a stem
InfoPart	Enter 0 to generate all parts (plates, fingers, and stems); 1 for press plates only; 2 for fingers; 3 for stems

These parameters are shown in the following 2D examples:

The following figure shows a typical arrangement of press plates, fingers, and stems in which their are 18 fingers under the press plates. The 6 stems serve to "lock" these parts at the two ends of the machine's laminated core (not shown), holding the entire assembly firmly together.

Press plates with fingers, and stems