Keeping Current with the Times
Dynamatic® eddy current drive system chosen to replace aging wound rotor/liquid rheostat system
Dynamatic® electromagnetic adjustable speed drives on induction motors have been installed in...
The world’s largest untapped resource: excess heat: Part 1 of 3
Among experts there is increasing consensus that spiking energy prices are likely to linger on for the next few years, at least. While the...
Maximizing Power Plant Flexibility: Part 1 of 3
As renewables grow in the energy mix used by North American power producers, keeping generating assets best utilized requires operating them with a flexibility...
Moving Your Control Forward
In keeping with their commitment to centralize and streamline industrial automation and control, Unitronics is announcing a new VFD line.
Unitronics, the leading experts in...
Permanent Magnet Direct Drive Motors modernize industrial airflow systems
In industrial settings, energy spiking and other performance irregularities wear down equipment, reduce efficiency, and drive up costs. What’s needed in these high-performance environments...
Building on the Past to Create the Future
By Bryan Gehringer, NovaTech
Utilities are facing an upcoming 2022 deadline from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to fully comply with an updated...
Highly Efficient Motor for Peristaltic Pumps
Forty percent of the world’s electricity generated today is used solely to power electric motors. In addition, over 40 percent of such electricity is...
Continuous “Hands Off” Insulation Resistance Testing of Critical Motors
For decades, plant personnel have performed insulation resistance tests with handheld megohmmeters to prevent motor failures that lead to costly unplanned shutdowns, penalties, and...
New design increases power
Medium range voltage motors serve a broad range of industries and applications, including oil and gas, petrochemical processing, mining, pumping systems, and compression equipment....
North American Refiners Find Success with New Drive Offering
By David Pell, Voith Turbo North America
A petroleum refiner in the Southern United States placed two orders for Voith’s new VoreconNX variable speed drive and...









