Direct on line Nema motors have 20% lower losses
2 April 2024 ABB has cut the losses in its proven Baldor-Reliance Nema induction motors by an average of 20% while maintaining the form, fit and function of… Read More
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2 April 2024 
Novel high-efficiency motor ‘will shake up the industry’
9 November 2023 The Brazilian motor-maker WEG has invented a hybrid motor technology that, it says, combines the best technical characteristics of permanent magnet (PM) and synchronous reluctance… Read More
Ideal Electric buys Louis Allis large motors and machines
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
Al-cage SR motor pairs IE5 efficiency with low costs
30 June 2022 The Japanese motor manufacturer Nidec has developed a new design of electric motor which, it claims, combines the high efficiency of a synchronous reluctance (SR)… Read More
IE5 synchronous reluctance motors promise lowest TCOs
29 March 2022 The French motor manufacturer Nidec Leroy-Somer has developed a range of super-premium efficiency permanent magnet-assisted synchronous reluctance motors which, it says, combine the easy set-up… Read More
Energy-saving VSDs will make their debut at Drives Show
10 March 2022 The Brazilian drives and automation manufacturer WEG is launching a new generation of simple, space-saving, high-performance VSDs with advanced energy-saving, overload and safety functions. The… 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
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
Tuning-free VSD promises a 6% efficiency boost
18 October 2016 Yaskawa has released a new range of general-purpose variable-speed drives that can control induction, permanent magnet (PM) or synchronous-reluctance motors without needing any tuning. The… Read More
PM electric motor comes top in Swedish efficiency tests
6 May 2015 Tests performed by the Swedish Energy Agency have shown that a 15kW IE4 permanent magnet (PM) motor was 5.9% more efficient than an “IE0” induction… Read More
