The Cross Transformer Metadyne at Substantially Constant Speed

This chapter contains sections titled: The Metadyne of Degree m = 4 with Two Nonconsecutive Brushes Carrying the Same Current, The “Cross” Transformer Metadyne, A Switching Locomotive with a Cross Transformer Metadyne, Remarks on the Tractive Effort and the Size of the Motors of the Switching Locomotive, The Behavior of the Metadyne Switching Locomotive Against Flashover, The Commutation and Armature Heating Effect in the Italians Switching Locomotive, On the Speed Stability of the Transformer Metadyne of the Italian Switching Locomotive, Ohmic Drop, Leakage Flux, and Iron Saturation in the Metadyne of the Italian Switching Locomotive