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One of the most fundamental decisions when selecting a motor to drive a machine is this: should the motor be connected directly, or should a gearbox be placed in between? This choi... More Details

Whether an electric motor is mounted horizontally or vertically may at first look like nothing more than a layout preference. In reality, this choice directly affects many mechanic... More Details

When you run an electric motor for years, you come to know its behavior intuitively: which sound is normal, what temperature to expect, how it responds under a given load. The conc... More Details

When an electricity bill comes in higher than expected, the first remedy that comes to mind is usually to swap a single component, the motor, for a more efficient model. Yet an ele... More Details

When an electric motor fails or its efficiency drops, the first question that usually comes to mind is "should I buy a new one?" Yet a motor's life does not end with its first faul... More Details

For many years, industry produced heat by burning fuel. Today this equation is changing: industrial heat pumps take low-temperature waste heat and lift it to the higher temperature... More Details

At the heart of a data center sit the servers, but the infrastructure that keeps those servers running without interruption is the cooling system. If the heat produced by thousands... More Details

When you look at the nameplate of an electric motor, you see that the power is sometimes written in kilowatts (kW) and sometimes in horsepower (HP). The speed is given as revolutio... More Details

Induction motors are divided, by rotor construction, into two broad families: the squirrel cage (short-circuited bar) rotor and the wound rotor (slip-ring) motor. From the outside ... More Details

Aggregate and quarry plants are among the most demanding operating environments for electric motors. In these plants, where tonnes of rock are crushed, screens vibrate constantly a... More Details

Induction motors are the most widely used sources of motion in industry, and at the heart of how these motors work lies the concept of slip. An induction motor can only produce tor... More Details

When selecting an electric motor, the first value most people look at is the power rating in kilowatts. Yet the concept that truly determines how a motor will behave in real life, ... More Details

There are two basic ways to turn a machine or a pump: either set up a mechanical drive with a diesel generator or engine, or use an electric motor fed from the grid. This choice di... More Details

The foundation of running an electric motor safely and efficiently lies in a properly built motor panel. At the heart of this panel is the contactor, which switches the motor in an... More Details

In industrial facilities, warehouses, and large commercial buildings, the quality of the indoor air directly affects production efficiency and worker health. One of the most effect... More Details

The heart of an electric motor is the windings placed inside its stator. These windings directly determine the motor's power, efficiency, and service life, and they are formed thro... More Details

Ceramic production involves many stages, including raw material preparation, forming, drying, firing, and glazing. Electric motors are at work in nearly all of these stages. A wide... More Details

Overhead cranes are industrial lifting systems that move heavy loads both horizontally and vertically. In these cranes, travel motors drive the movement of the bridge and the troll... More Details

Cold storage rooms, supermarket refrigeration, industrial cooling systems and air conditioning all run on refrigeration compressors. At the heart of these compressors is the electr... More Details

On the nameplate of an electric motor there is a value that is often overlooked but important: the service factor. Generally shown as a number such as 1.0 or 1.15, this value expre... More Details