Main Faults and Diagnostic Possibilities of BLDC Motors

This paper presents the main faults of brushless DC motors and their diagnostic possibilities. Due to the popularity gain of such devices in the past decade, the maintenance and diagnostic of such machines is getting more important. As the machines are used in various applications, they are often critical parts of devices. Due to this, the unexpected failures of such machines are undesired and are to be avoided. The main faults of the machines are listed, some possibilities of their monitoring and diagnostics have been addressed. The necessity of further study has been pointed out.