section_path: Self-commutated motor/Electronic commutator (EC)/Switched reluctance motor
section_name: Switched reluctance motor
paragraph_text: Switched reluctance motor
  
  The switched reluctance motor (SRM) has no brushes or permanent magnets, and the rotor has no electric currents. Torque comes from a slight misalignment of poles on the rotor with poles on the stator. The rotor aligns itself with the magnetic field of the stator, while the stator field windings are sequentially energized to rotate the stator field.
  
  The magnetic flux created by the field windings follows the path of least magnetic sending the flux through rotor poles that are closest to the energized poles of the stator, thereby magnetizing those poles of the rotor and creating torque. As the rotor turns, different windings are energized, keeping the rotor turning.
  
  SRMs are used in some appliances and vehicles.