Drives Motors Features

How you might be damaging your electric motor

How you might be damaging your electric motor

Electric motors are generally considered some of the most reliable pieces of equipment on a production floor. Despite their resilience, there are things that, when done repeatedly, can rapidly compromise their efficiency and drastically reduce their lifespan. Here, Chris Robson, Sales Director at Houghton International, explains how you might be damaging your electric motor.

Q&A: How to mitigate motor failure

Q&A: How to mitigate motor failure

Here, Acting Group Editor Sophia Bell chats to Markus Bakker, Field Application Engineer at Fluke Corporation, about the common causes of motor failure, the problems that arise as a result, and how it can be mitigated through regular testing.

Retrofit digital DC drives for space comms applications

Retrofit digital DC drives for space comms applications

Why did one of the world’s premier space communication gateways, Goonhilly Earth Station, choose to upgrade its deep-space satellite dish with Sprint Electric digital DC drives, rather than opting for AC alternatives?

‘Plug-and-play’ portable conveyors get moving with VFD technology

‘Plug-and-play’ portable conveyors get moving with VFD technology

Portable conveyors used in a range of construction and industrial situations demand reliable variable frequency drive technology.

New opportunities for machine builders with high dynamic performance motors

New opportunities for machine builders with high dynamic performance motors

High dynamic performance (HDP) induction motors offer an exceptional dynamic response and high power density. 

fonts/
or