The Marathon Blue Max range of induction motors, available from Regal, are designed for use with inverters or variable speed drives and can provide full torque at zero speed.
Rockwell Automation's Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 520-Series of compact ac drives, including the new, economical PowerFlex 523 offer flexible features and are suitable for builders of simple, stand-alone machines.
A number of Motor Driven Systems (MDS) conferences are set to take place over the next few weeks. The series of regional events are aimed at helping industry professionals generate major savings from motor driven apparatus; pumps, fans and compressors.
Eaton has introduced the communication-enabled and intelligent iMCC motor control centre for the xEnergy switchboard series.
WEG and Watt Drive have further developed their modular EUSAS (Europe, USA and Asia) motor, which can be used globally for a wide variety of applications, either as a standard or integral motor for gearboxes.