by Dan Jones, President, Incremotion Associates This new technique promises to deliver both higher efficiency and better power factor for induction motors. Induction motors are the workhorse of industry. They drive everything from industrial manufacturing processes to consumer equipment like washers and dryers, among others. And they’ve been around since Nikola Tesla applied for patents […]
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Keep Your Cool with Fans for Control Equipment
by Dan Jones, Incremotion Associates New fan designs help reduce heat, dust and excessive moisture in cooling applications. An important but often secondary consideration in control systems and control cabinets is cooling. Electronic control equipment such as controllers and drives, especially equipment that’s confined to enclosures with little or no natural air movement, is especially […]
New trends in electric motors: Efficiency, power density, torque
If there’s one trend that’s prevalent in motors of all kinds, it’s the theme of increasing performance, more specifically a trio of highers: higher efficiency, higher power density and higher torque density. These are incremental improvements in motor performance that are at least partly driven by the Department of Energy (DOE) energy efficiency requirements, said […]
