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| LFCM | Large
Flat Commutator Motor, a classical motor used
in many Märklin models since the 50:s, but is not used in any new
model designs. It is a very powerful and reasonably smooth
motor. It's the favorite motor for many Märklin modelers. Can run on AC and DC. |
| SFCM | Small Flat Commutator Motor, also a 'classic' used in many smaller models as the 3000, 3003, 3031. Can run on AC and DC. |
| DCM | Drum Commutator Motor, the motor that Märklin makes their new designs around since the late 70:s. The most common motor in today's models. Can run on AC and DC. The 6090 and 60901 digital sets are designed to be a direct replacement for this motor for digital operation. |
| Faulhaber | This is a pure DC motor used in many "high-end" DC models due to its smooth characteristics. It has been used in the "Württemberg C" models (3x11 and 3x14) by Märklin and is to be used in more Märklin models in the future (BR17 and BR55 are coming soon) . |
Some spare part examples for the motors
are mentioned, but to get the correct spare part number for a particular
loco you should visit some of the spare part sites listed on the left of
this page.
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| This is how the LFCM motor could look like, the motor cover could look very different, depending on the loco type, but the guts are almost the same. The photo shows the motor in a 3094. | Here the motor cover is removed and you can see the commutator. As you can see it has a flat disc that the coal & brush have contact with. | ||||||||
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| This is the smaller version of the
flat disc commutator. This is used in smaller models and is still
present in some models, especially in the HOBBY-line from Märklin. This photo shows a 35-year old 3000 motor.. |
Here you can see the smaller commutator with the smaller electromagnet. You may also see that the flat disc is not in a very good shape, and this motor should get a new commutator to work perfectly. | ||||||||
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| This is the motor type used in most
Märklin models today. It is about the same size as the SFCM. This
motor uses rectangular coals inserted towards the motor axle from
the sides. If you convert a loco with this motor to the digital system with a 6090-set, you simply replace the whole motor with the DCM DC motor in the 6090-set. |
As you can see, the commutator of this motor has got a drum shaped area where the coals have contact. There were also some 5-pole DCM AC motor models (35xx) for a while, but they were not very successful... | ||||||||
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| This is a "coreless" pure
DC motor that has very good running capabilities if backed up by
proper electronics. It is very good at running smoothly and
silently. The best Märklin designs around this motor so far are the analog operation 3511 and 3514 models that have fantastic running properties. A new digital decoder will appear with the 37113 model. |
The Märklin Faulhaber motor is not easily repairable and should be completely replaced. The motor itself is equivalent to the Faulhaber SB 1319 from SB-Modellbau. | ||||||||
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| Here is a view of a few different commutators, a 5-pole rotor from the 6090-set on the right side. |
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The coals... |
| The round coal & brush (600300) are used in the flat commutator motors, and the rectangular coals (601460) on the right are used in the DCM-type of motors - including the 6090x high-efficiency digital DC motors. |
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