The synchronous motor has zero starting torque and must be run up to operating speed by an external drive (inherently not self starting). When the rotor poles are almost in synchronism with the rotating  field produced by the stator, they pull into step and then the rotor runs at synchronous speed.

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The synchronous motor has zero starting torque and must be run up to operating speed by an external drive (inherently not self starting). When the rotor poles are almost in synchronism with the rotating  field produced by the stator, they pull into step and then the rotor runs at synchronous speed.

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