31 May 2026 A 0.2% improvement in the efficiency of large synchronous motors and generators could deliver electricity cost savings of $9.5–12bn and avoid 60–75 million tonnes of… Read More
22 July 2025 A US electric motor developer has announced an advanced axial flux motor-generator with a modular four-part architecture that includes an injection-moulded, oil-cooled plastic stator, and… Read More
5 July 2023 [UPDATE (October 2023): Louis Allis has obtained a preliminary injunction order from a federal court in Delaware prohibiting Ideal Electric Power Company from using or displaying… Read More
19 October 2021 Siemens is spinning off its large drives applications (LDA) business as a separate legal entity, before possibly selling the operation or forming a partnership with… Read More
11 February 2021 UK engineers have used robots to cut the time it takes to place powerful magnets in electrical generators from one hour to just 55 seconds. Read More
3 September 2018 Danfoss is buying Axco-Motors, a Finnish manufacturer of large electric motors and generators – in ratings from 250kW up to 6MW – for applications such… Read More
19 March 2018 Seven years after ABB bought the motor and power transmission manufacturer Baldor Electric for $4.2bn, it has announced that it is integrating the Baldor name… Read More
28 February 2017 Mitsubishi Electric has developed a 19.9mm-tall robot that can inspect electricity generators by passing through the narrow gap between the rotor and stator. By eliminating… Read More
30 November 2015 ABB has developed a remotely controlled device that crawls in the air-gap between the stator and rotor of large motors or generators to inspect their… Read More
16 September 2014 ABB has appointed Dave Hawley to be manager of its motors and generators business in the UK from 1 September. He joins from Sulzer Dowding… Read More
