File:Stator_and_rotor_by_Zureks.JPG · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
stator
Sign in to savestationary part of a rotary system
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Rotor (lower left) and stator (upper right) of an electric motor Stator of a 3-phase AC-motor Stator of a brushless DC motor from computer cooler fan
Electric machines function through the interaction between a rotating component, the rotor, and a non-rotating component, the stator. In an electric motor, the stator provides a magnetic field that drives the rotating armature; in a generator, the stator converts the rotating magnetic field to electric current.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “stator” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.