The Engineer's Guide to AC Gearmotor Nameplate Ratings

Modern machine design is evolving rapidly. Manufacturers increasingly require variable-speed capabilities, and there is a growing shift toward low-voltage configurations. Motors are expected to deliver significant power while meeting long-life demands, which means energy consumption must be kept low to reduce wear-down of a battery-powered system. These shifting demands ...

For many years, adjustable-speed motion control relied on DC motors — first brushtype, then later brushless. That began to change in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when advances in power electronics and microprocessors made inverters more compact, reliable and affordable. With lower maintenance requirements than brush-type DC motors, three-phase AC motors began to take ...

Selecting the right gearmotor for an application often involves more than just knowing the volts, speed and torque that are needed. In some applications, it is just as critical to understand the environment the gearmotor must survive in and to choose a product constructed for use in that environment. Some environments can be especially harsh on gearmotors. This whitepap...