The core is laminated to reduce these to a minimum as they interfere with the efficient transfer of energy from the primary coil to the secondary one.
Transformer core are laminated for what purpose.
A transformer core is laminated to a reduce hysteresis loss b reduce eddy current losses c reduce copper losses d reduce all above losses.
Without disturbing the closeness of the magnetic path we can design two types of core.
A transformer is a passive electrical device that transfers electrical energy from one electrical circuit to another or multiple circuits.
For efficient flux linking between these windings one low reluctance magnetic path common to all windings should be provided in the transformer.
These are the core type and shell type.
A magnetic core is a piece of magnetic material with a high magnetic permeability used to confine and guide magnetic fields in electrical electromechanical and magnetic devices such as electromagnets transformers electric motors generators inductors magnetic recording heads and magnetic assemblies it is made of ferromagnetic metal such as iron or ferrimagnetic compounds such as ferrites.
A varying current in any one coil of the transformer produces a varying magnetic flux in the transformer s core which induces a varying electromotive force across any other coils wound around the same core.
The performance of a transformer mainly depends upon the flux linkages between these windings.
In an electrical power transformer there are primary secondary and sometimes also tertiary windings.
The eddy currents cause energy to be lost from the transformer as they heat up the core meaning that electrical energy is being wasted as unwanted heat energy.