Drive-based Functional Safety

Today, new drive technology is making the previously complicated job of implementing a machine safety system much easier. Recent technical advances make safer operation...

Browning Turns Up the Heat

Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Emerson has been bringing technology and engineering together to provide solutions for customers in industrial, commercial, and consumer markets...

When the Tail Wags the Dog

Cascade MVS was contracted as a last resort to confirm or dispute previous findings and recommendations in solving a vibration problem involving an 11,000...

Motor Search Made Easy

Many search tools in the electric motor industry only allow you to choose search parameters from a drop-down menu. The problem with this method...

Extending the Life of Eddy Current Variable Speed Drive Systems

Figure 1: Original Dynamatic® Assembling Drawings Eddy current drive technology can be a reliable proven alternative to traditional VFDs. An eddy current drive controls speed...

Industrial Enterprise Monitoring Makes the Connection

Today’s industrial operations face numerous enterprise-level reliability, performance, and sustainability challenges, which are difficult to systematically identify, prioritize, and correct to maximize operational potential....

More Sustainable Pumping Using Permanent Magnet Motor Technology: Part 1 of...

Being good stewards of natural resources like water and energy while still maintaining or even improving productivity is an ever-growing challenge for business owners...

New Bearing Designs Meet Demands for Extended Pump Operating Life

The pump industry, like many others in today’s economic landscape, is striving to extend equipment operating life while putting greater demands on that equipment....

Protecting Critical Pump Motors with Automatic Notification

By Jeff Elliott Although municipal and industrial process engineers have streamlined the monitoring and control of critical equipment through SCADA systems and other means of...

Longer Service Life With No Maintenance a Reality

By Ken Kelly, Force Control Industries  Force Control motor brakes employ oil shear technology, providing a longer service life with no maintenance or adjustment in...