Baldor -DODGE Limited
Mint Motion Centre
6 Bristol Dist.Prk,Hawkley Drv
Bristol
BS32 0BF
United Kingdom
Telephone : 01454 850000
Fax : 01454 859002
Email : sales.uk@baldor.com
Web : www.baldor.co.uk
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Baldor has published an informative brochure detailing the extensive range of motors that it produces for nuclear applications. The product line is the largest available from a single source and encompasses over 250,000 ratings, types, styles and sizes, from 200 W to 11,000 kW. The brochure is a key information resource for anyone seeking to install or replace a motor in a nuclear power plant, or in a nuclear fuel reprocessing or radioactive waste management facility....
The IE3 minimum efficiency standard for new electric motors that will become part of Europe's mandatory requirements starting in 2015 is already available in Baldor's range. IE3 is effectively the same as the USA's NEMA Premium standard, and over the last few years Baldor has developed a very broad range of super-efficient IEC frame types alongside its NEMA Premium motors for domestic American markets. With efficiencies up to 96%-plus, upgrading to one of these IE3 motors now could repay a motor...
Baldor has announced European availability of NEMA three-phase motors that meet the increased energy efficiency demands required by the USA’s forthcoming Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). This legislation, which becomes mandatory on December 19, 2010, sets stringent new efficiency standards for a broad range of three-phase motors – including explosion proof, severe duty and brake motors – with power ratings from 1 to 500 HP....
Baldor has launched a plug-in motion/machine control module for its Ethernet-compatible Powerlink drives. The controller module eliminates the need for a separate external network controller as well as cabling and panel space that would normally be required....
Mark Hodge, Maintenance Supervisor at Whirlpool Corporation’s Evansville, Indiana plant, where top-mount refrigerators and large ice-makers are manufactured, was amazed when he found a very old Baldor motor still running....