Vertical hollow shaft motors can fail due to electrical bearing damage. You can prevent this by following shaft grounding best practices.
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Hello! I was wondering what purpose the hollow shaft, going through the laminated core serves in this AC generator rotor. : r/ElectricalEngineering
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