Efficient motors comply with new Ecodesign Directive
21 May 2020 The German drives and automation specialist Lenze is launching a new motor platform that complies with the Ecodesign Directive that is due to come into… Read More
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21 May 2020 
ECA tax relief scheme for efficient motors and VSDs has ended
21 April 2020 The Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) tax scheme designed to encourage the use of energy-efficient technologies, including high-efficiency motors and VSDs (variable-speed drives), has ended, almost… Read More
IE5 synchronous reluctance motors can halve losses
17 April 2020 ABB has announced that its SynRM synchronous reluctance motors now comply with the IEC’s new IE5 ultra-premium energy efficiency class, with energy losses that are… Read More
GaN devices boost the efficiency of ELV servodrives
3 February 2020 Siemens has adopted a power semiconductor technology based on gallium nitride (GaN) for a new range of extra-low-voltage servodrives that it launched at the recent… Read More
PCB-stator motor with IE5 efficiency will debut in June
22 January 2020 Infinitum Electric, the US company which has patented a new design of motor that uses PCBs (printed circuit boards) instead of copper windings for its… Read More
High-efficiency motor pioneer honoured in AEMT awards
3 January 2020 Professor David Walters, who pioneered technologies for high-efficiency electric motors when he was technical director at Brook Crompton, has received a lifetime contribution award from… Read More
Schaeffler enters motor-making with a portfolio for EVs
23 September 2019 Schaeffler is entering electric motor manufacturing with a family of modular motors aimed at electric vehicle applications. The motors, in ratings from 20kW to more… Read More
Danfoss buys US drivetrain developer UQM in $100m deal
24 January 2019 Danfoss is buying the US electric drivetrain developer UQM Technologies in a cash transaction worth around $100m, including the assumption of UQM’s debts. Danfoss says… Read More
80MW two-pole motor targets LNG applications
9 April 2018 GE has completed no-load testing on an 80MW two-pole induction motor designed for use in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. The 11kV motor –… Read More
Water-based gearbox lubricant is ‘the world’s first’
26 March 2018 Last year, the German lubricant specialist Klüber Lubrication announced that it had developed a water-based lubricant that, it predicted, could revolutionise the future of lubrication,… Read More
