Carbon Brush Redesign Solves Commutation Problem
Though DC motors may not be the latest state-of-the-art in technology, many railway and transit operators will trust in its reliability for many years...
Addressing the Water-Energy Efficiency Nexus through Variable Frequency Drives
Today, critical processes in water, wastewater and irrigation activities jointly use more than 55 billion kilowatt-hours per year, according to estimates from the U.S....
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...
For clean, mean machines
Siemens is introducing the new Simotics S-1FS2 line of servomotors, designed for the clean condition requirements of the food, beverage, sterile packaging, pharmaceutical and...
The World’s Largest Untapped Resource: Excess Heat: Part 2 of 3
See Part 1 here: The world’s largest untapped resource: excess heat: Part 1 of 3
In the introduction to this series, we identified some of...
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...
Motor Decisions Matter – Don’t Be An Energy Dinosaur
Plant managers, who may be deterred by the initial cost of variable frequency drives (VFD), may find a new fact sheet released by Motor...
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....
Drive-based Functional Safety: Part 2 of 3
Under the directives, national and regional laws, end users, machine builders, and system integrators are generally responsible for safety of machines and systems. The...
Municipal Utility District Reduces Energy Demand Penalties and Implements Condition Based...
Unlike residential consumers, industrial and commercial companies are required to pay for the reactive KVA demand power along with the active KW energy consumed....









