Starting system.PPT

 Starting system principles
 Starting motor construction

The starting system uses battery power and an
electric motor to turn the engine crankshaft for
engine starting

Basic Starting System
 The ignition switch energizes the solenoid
 The solenoid energizes the starting motor

Components
 Battery
 source of energy
 Ignition switch
 allows driver to control operation
 Solenoid
 high current relay (switch)
 Starting motor
 high torque electric motor

Starting System Energized
 With the ignition key in the “start” position, current
flows through the solenoid coil
 Magnetism closes the solenoid contacts, connecting
the battery to the starting motor
 The motor turns the flywheel ring gear

Starting System
De-energized
 With the ignition key released to the “run” position,
no current flows to the solenoid coil
 The solenoid contacts open, the starter stops turning,
and the starter gear moves away from the flywheel

Starting Motor Fundamentals
 Converts electrical energy from the battery to
mechanical energy to crank the engine
 Produces a turning force through the interaction of
magnetic fields inside the motor assembly

Magnetic Field Action
 Made up of invisible lines of force
 Since like charges (fields) repel each other and
unlike charges (fields) attract each other, magnetic
fields can produce motion

Magnetic Field Action

Simple Electric Motor
If a current-carrying winding is placed inside a
magnetic field, the winding rotates away from the
pole shoes

Commutator and Brushes
 Keep a motor turning by controlling the current
through the windings
 Together, they serve as a sliding contact between
battery power and the windings

Commutator and Brushes
The commutator reverses
the electrical connection
when the loop rotates
around

Increasing Motor Power
 Several windings (loops of wire) and a commutator
with many segments are used to increase motor
power
 As the motor spins, many windings contribute to
the motion

Armature
 Supports the windings
 Increases the strength of each winding’s magnetic
field

Field Windings
 Stationary insulated wire wrapped in a circular
shape
 When current flows, the magnetic field between the
pole shoes becomes very large
 This field acts against the armature’s field,
producing motion

Armature and
Field Windings

Starter Pinion Gear
 Small gear on the armature shaft
 Engages a large ring gear on the engine flywheel
 Moves into and meshes with the flywheel ring gear

Starter Pinion Gear
Part of the pinion drive mechanism

Overrunning Clutch
 Locks in one direction
 Releases in the other direction
 Allows the pinion gear to turn the flywheel ring
gear for starting
 Lets the pinion gear freewheel when the engine
starts

Overrunning Clutch
Locks the flange to the
pinion gear in one
direction and releases in
the other direction

Overrunning Clutch Operation
Rollers jam and lock in one
direction and release in
the
other direction

Pinion Gear Assembly
Pinion gear assembly slides on the shaft for
engagement

Starter Solenoid
 An electromagnetic switch
 Makes an electrical connection between the battery
and the starting motor
 Allows the low current ignition switch circuit to
control the high current starting motor

Starter Solenoid
Plunger movement pulls
the disc into contact
with two battery
terminals to activate the
starter

Solenoid Operation
 Low current flows through the windings
 The magnetic field pulls the solenoid plunger and
disc toward the windings
 The disc touches both of the high-current
terminals
 High current flows to the starter motor

Solenoid
Operation

Solenoid Functions
 Closes the battery-to-starter circuit
 Pushes the starter pinion gear into mesh with the
flywheel ring gear
 Bypasses the resistance wire in the ignition circuit

 Two types:
 movable pole shoe starting motor
 starter-mounted solenoid (starting motor with
solenoid)

Movable Pole Shoe Starting Motor
Uses a yoke lever to
move the pinion gear
into contact with the
flywheel

Movable Pole Shoe Starting Motor
Magnetic field pulls the
pole shoe downward,
causing gear
engagement as the
armature starts to spin

Starter-Mounted Solenoid
Solenoid plunger
moves a shift lever
to engage the
pinion gear

Starter-Mounted Solenoid
Solenoid completes the
battery-to-starter
circuit

Permanent-Magnet Starter
Uses special high-strength magnets in place of
conventional field windings

Starting Motor Torque
 A starting motor must produce high torque
 Difference in gear size between the small pinion
and large flywheel ring gear increases turning
torque

Reduction Starter
Extra gears further increase torque

Internal Motor Circuits
 Series-wound motor
 Shunt-wound motor
 Compound-wound motor

Series-Wound Motor
Develops maximum torque at initial start-up and
decreases as motor speed increases

Shunt-Wound Motor
Produces less starting torque but more constant
torque at varying speeds

Compound-Wound Motor
Has both series and shunt windings and produces
good starting power and constant operating speed

Neutral Safety Switch
 Prevents the engine from cranking unless the shift
selector is in neutral or park
 Mounted on the shift lever or on the transmission

Neutral Safety Switch
Wired in series with
the starter solenoid

Starter Relay
 Opens or closes one circuit by responding to an
electrical signal from another circuit
 Uses a small current from the ignition switch to
control a larger current through the starter solenoid
 Reduces the load on the ignition switch

Starter Relay Operation
 Ignition switch is turned to “start”
 Current flows through the relay windings
 Magnetism closes the relay contacts
 Contacts complete the circuit to the solenoid
windings, operating the starter motor

Starting System Circuit

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