Sanskrithi School of Engineering (Affiliated to JNTUA, Ananthapur & Approved by AICTE, New Delhi) Puttaparthi-515 134. 2.2 Construction of DC Machines (Motor & Generator) With Diagrams A Direct Current (DC) machine is an energy conversion device. It converts electrical energy to mechanical while working as a motor and mechanical energy to electrical energy while working as generator. Hence, it is known as electromechanical energy conversion device. It consists of stator and rotor. Stator is the assembly of main parts like yoke, main poles, pole shoe, inter pole windings etc., and the rotor is the assembly of armature, armature winding, commutator fan etc. 2.2.1 Major Parts in DC Machine Construction 2.2.1.1 Yoke Yoke is the outer cover of the machine supporting and protecting the internal parts. It is made of low reluctance’ material like silicon steel or cast iron, since, it has to carry the magnetic flux i.e., to provide the closed path for the flux produced through the poles.