Collection: 6 kW and 13 kW Alternator Kit Collection (To Come!)

This Collection is for the 6 kW and 13 kW Kits that are planned to be made available to the User/Builder! The kits may be assembled as brushless '2 stage' alternators as described here!

These kits are planned to be a very special part of the design offering. They have been designed to be easily assembled and maintained by the User/Builder with simple tools. The high voltage, high efficiency, low heat loss Slingshot WEST Store alternator kits are ideally designed for personal wind power and renewable energy applications. Two versions are planned to be offered with maximum 6 kW and 13 kW alternating current outputs. Both versions are brushless having a smaller stage of stator/rotor using a small field input (0 – 4 amps at 24 VDC) then through a shaft mounted rotating rectifier, a second power stage stator/rotor to output clean 3 phase AC power.

These kits may be assembled to produce brushless and reliable alternators that utilize a proprietary technology of Slingshot WEST called AlignEXT TM.

This technology provides several significant advantages to both the manufacturer and the end-user:

1.      Housing components are made as aluminum/alloy extrusions requiring minimal post-machining. This facilitates the manufacture of a wide range of large and cost-effective rotor diameters for alternators and other wound electric motors.

2.      The AlignEXT TM technology accurately self-aligns the rotors with the stators and extruded housings without the costly step of machining the inner housing surfaces.

3.      The AlignEXT TM technology precludes the requirement to press-fit the stators into the housing as the extruded housings sections squeeze and locate the stators with 'lock and key' automatically during assembly. This provides for quick assembly and disassembly for maintenance. This also maintains stator/rotor precise clearances under harsh mechanical vibrations both in operation and transport.

4.      The AlignEXT TM technology also includes improvements to the shaft carrying the rotors and rotating rectifier assembly that decrease cost of assembly and increase reliability and service life.