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What new technologies are influencing AC motor design?
40 answers
Well, that is a very large question to ask, the new design AC motors would definitely have to match the controlling circuitry and the purpose design for the equipment. Some motors have built in control circuits that are not interchangeable with other equipment uses.
~Reg J, General Management, Leduc, Canada
Development of solid state electronic drives like VFD, thyristors, soft starters
Development of hybrid vehicle technology, battery technology
Development in electromagnetic technology
Design and analysis software
~Kian S, Engineer, Hubli, India
Monitoring equipment, motor attachments (types of encoders etc.), drives, more permanent magnet materials
~Bill C, Owner, Commerce, CA
Internal Permanent Magnet (IPM) designs for heightened efficiency and improved speed regulation.
~Special projects consultant, Bradford, NH
VSD technologies, linear motors, AC servo, energy saving technology, permanent magnet motors
~Walter B, Engineer, Perth, WA, Australia
The new Specs of IEC Standard IE2 which have a high efficiency motor.
~General Corporate Mgmt, Cairo, Egypt
Insulation material, high grade core material, cast copper rotor, etc.
~Hank W, Design Engineer, Taipei, Taiwan
New insulating materials, new alloy technology for yokes and core.
~Hemachand Mupparaju, Engineer, Tamale, Ghana
Higher efficiency, linear motors, embeded temperature detectors.
~Talal Q, Project Manager, Amman, JORDAN
We have now motor more small with the same power supply
~Luis C, Engineering Consultant, Valencia, Venezuela
Miniaturization of motors, Solid state speed control
~Dr>RASHMI M R, Faculty/Staff, Chennai, India
Drive systems, motion control, efficiency concerns
~Don S, Research & Development, Doylestown, PA
Permanent magnet synchronous electric motor (PMSM)
~Carlos Laumann, Industrial Design, Buenos aires, Argentina
Energy cost is pushing higher efficiency
~David Young, Professor, Wilmington, DE
The need for better reliability and MTTF
~Simon M, Engineering Consultant, Skipton, UK
Inverter/plc drives energy efficiency
~Project Management, MILTON KEYNES, Great Britain
Material quality of core lamination.
~Manufacturing, Lipa City, Philippines
Speed variable drives, soft starts
~Maintenance/Facilities Management, San Angleo, TX
Workin environment and weather
~Engineering, Other, Nairobi, Kenya
Not sure but vfd is brilliant
~Pae, Engineer, Aloq Staq, Malaysia
Frequency drives ecm motors
~Technical Support/Services, Portsmouth, NH
Inverter or vfd compatibility
~Maintenance/Facilities Management, ISABEL , LEYTE, Philippines
Higher frequency applications
~Peter K, Technical Support, Perth, West Australia
Variable Frequency Drives
~Niaz Akhtar, Engineer, Sadiqabad, Pakistan
Magnetic cores, stainless
~Hal D, General Management, Linden, NJ
High efficiency design
~Ross H, Marketing/Sales, Langley, Canada
Energy Efficient Motors
~Quality Control/Assurance, Pune, India
Construction materials
~Juventino T, Facilities Manager, Lagos de Moreno, Mexico
Material composites,
~Engineering, Other, Chichetsre, United Kingdom
Solid-state starters
~Louis L, General Management, Wilmington, DE
Energy efficiency
~Dr.Villalan Ramasamy, Engineering Consultant, Rawang, Malaysia
Energy efficiency
~Engineering, Design, Jacksonville, FL
One size fits all
~Frank A, Owner/tech/installer, Katy, Harris
CORE MATERIAL
~GOPALAKRISHNA M, General Management, VISAKHAPATNAM, INDIA
Efficiency
~Engineering, Faculty/Staff/Student, Cork, Ireland
Wind Power
~Wayne F, Faculty/Staff, Salisbury, MD
AC Drives
~Ken D, Engineer, Bothell, WA
Eff3
~Rolf F, Pumps, Sollentuna, Sweden
MCA
~Scott Raithby, Reliability Program Manager, Halifax, Canada
VFD
~Richard McKernan, Technical Support, Shreveport, LA
From your perspective, which companies are creating the most innovative AC motors?
37 answers
I would say the newest manufacturing companies, as these companies have to compete with other competitors.
~Reg J, General Management, Leduc, Canada
Kirloskar Electric Company Limited
Siemens
~Kian S, Engineer, Hubli, India
Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba, ABB, Siemens
~Maintenance/Facilities Management, ISABEL , LEYTE, Philippines
Siemens, ABB, WEG, Helmke and Sew Euro
~Hemachand Mupparaju, Engineer, Tamale, Ghana
Usually from Italy , Germany and USA
~General Corporate Mgmt, Cairo, Egypt
Siemens, Toshiba, Leroy summer
~Peter K, Technical Support, Perth, West Australia
Baldor, WEG, Stainless Motors
~Hal D, General Management, Linden, NJ
A.o.smith, general electric
~Frank A, Owner/tech/installer, Katy, Harris
Not my field of expertise
~Richard McKernan, Technical Support, Shreveport, LA
Not sure but teco is good
~Pae, Engineer, Aloq Staq, Malaysia
Yaskawa Electric Company
~Special projects consultant, Bradford, NH
Abb, siemens, CG. BB etc
~Jitendra K, Design Engineer, Mumbai, India
Abb, Reliance Electric.
~Luis C, Engineering Consultant, Valencia, Venezuela
Westinghouse, Reliance
~Engineering, Design, Jacksonville, FL
Siemens, Schorch, ABB
~Niaz Akhtar, Engineer, Sadiqabad, Pakistan
Several companies
~Talal Q, Project Manager, Amman, JORDAN
Ankarsrum, Sweden
~General Corporate Mgmt, Fjerritslev, Denmark
BALDOR, ABB, TECO
~Manufacturing, Lipa City, Philippines
SEW, Siemens, ABB
~Walter B, Engineer, Perth, WA, Australia
Baldor, Seimens
~Quality Control/Assurance, Pune, India
Demag and sew.
~Athanasios Karakatsanis, Technical Support, Athens, Greece
ABB and Baldor
~Bill C, Owner, Commerce, CA
Toshiba, ABB
~Dr.Villalan Ramasamy, Engineering Consultant, Rawang, Malaysia
ABB, Siemens
~Dr>RASHMI M R, Faculty/Staff, Chennai, India
WEG, Siemens
~Project Management, MILTON KEYNES, Great Britain
Brook Hansen
~Engineering, Faculty/Staff/Student, Cork, Ireland
Leroy somer
~Carlos Laumann, Industrial Design, Buenos aires, Argentina
Several
~Maintenance/Facilities Management, San Angleo, TX
Siemens
~Hank W, Design Engineer, Taipei, Taiwan
SIEMENS
~GOPALAKRISHNA M, General Management, VISAKHAPATNAM, INDIA
Hyundi
~Technical Support, Duffield, Canada
Dyson
~Simon M, Engineering Consultant, Skipton, UK
ABB
~Rolf F, Pumps, Sollentuna, Sweden
GE,
~Wayne F, Faculty/Staff, Salisbury, MD
Gec
~Engineering, Other, Chichetsre, United Kingdom
~Don S, Research & Development, Doylestown, PA
~Scott Raithby, Reliability Program Manager, Halifax, Canada
