Links
Siemens Links
AC Drives | http://www.sea.siemens.com/drives/product/gpd/drgpdov.html |
DC Drives | http://www.sea.siemens.com/drives/product/acdc/dracdcov.html |
Power Transmission Links
Grove Gear SpeedReducers | http://www.grovegear.com/ |
Hub City | http://www.hubcityinc.com/ |
Peer Chain | http://www.peerchain.com/ |
Carlisle Belts | http://www.cptbelts.com/ |
Bando Belts | http://www.bandousa.com/ |
Stober Speed Reducers | http://www.stober.com/ |
KEB America | http://www.kebblog.com |
Electric Motor Mfr. Links
Motor Repair Links
EASA | EASA |
EASA Southeast | click here |
NEMA | http://www.nema.org/ |
NEMA Motors and Generators | click here |
Consortium for Energy Efficiency | click here |
Motor Decisions matter | click here |
CDA Copper Development Organisation | click here |
Wago Wall Nuts and Lever Nuts | click here |
DC Motor Winding Data Information | click here |
GelCap Information | click here |
On-Ste Services Links
On-Site Predictive Maintenance Services click here
Panel Shop Links
Hoffman Enclosures Web Site | click here |
B-Line Enclosures Web Site | click here |
UL Underwriters Laboratory | click here |
Bussmann Fuses | click here |
Ferraz Shawmut Fuses | click here |
Ferraz Arc Flash Information | click here |
Danfoss Soft Starts Brochure | click here |
Also see Other Tech Links | Go to Technical Links |
Technical Links
Bussmann Motor Circuit Protection Tables | click here |
NEW European and American Motor Connections | click here |
NEW Reliance Conn. Dia. DC Stab. Shunt Motor Field F1,F2,F11 and F22 | click here |
Motor FL Currents 60Hz | click here |
Motor FL Currents 50 Hz | click here |
Motor Starter Sizes | click here |
Motor Wiring Sizes | click here |
Euroropean and American Cable Information | click here |
3 Phase Short Circuit Calculations | click here |
NEMA 1 / 12 Enclosure Fan CFM Sizing Chart for Heat/Cooling | click here |
NEMA 4 Enclosure Sizing Chart for Heat/Cooling | click here |
Nema Plugs and Receptacles | click here |
Typical 60Hz Commercial and Industrial Power System Voltages | click here |
IEC Enclosure Descriptions | click here |
Nema Enclosure Descriptions | click here |
Electrical Formulae and Grounding Requirements | click here |
Fraction, Decimal, and Millimeter Equivalents | click here |
Metric Wire, Cross Sectional Area Comparison to US Wire Sizes | click here |
Transformers Single Phase FL Currents | click here |
Transformers Three Phase FL Currents | click here |
Transformer Size Recommended for 3 Phase Motors | click here |
Engineering Formulas | click here |
Determining Electric Motor Load and Efficiency | click here |
Mike Holt’s Electrical Formula Page (Master Electrician) | click here |
Storage of Electric Motors | click here |
Medium Votage Motor Currents | click here |
“Tech Talk”
2014 No 88:Compressed Air ebook | click here |
2014 No 87:Electric Motor Nameplate, Service Factor Meaning | click here |
2014 No 86:Rules of Thumb | click here |
2014 No 85: Two tech questions on motor testing | click here |
2014 No 84:iPad Apps for Maintenance Professionals | click here |
2014 No 83:Electric Motor Bearing Protection Handbook by Aegis | click here |
2013 No 82:Fan Engineering Resource Guide | click here |
2013 No 81:Electrical Measurements On AC Drives… | click here |
2013 No 80:Reduced Voltage Starter Configurations | click here |
2013 No 79:KeepSheet No 1: Frctions-Decimal-Millimeters up through 6 in by 64ths | click here |
2013 No 78: Bearing Temperatures | click here |
2013 No 77:Electric Motor Wiring Tables | click here |
2013 No 76:Identifying Unmarked Leads on 6 and 9 Lead Motors | click here |
2013 No 75: How Many Times Can You Start and Stop A Motor Safely | click here |
2013 No 74: Phoning Overseas | click here |
2013 No 73: Electricity in Foreign Countries | click here |
2013 No 72: SEW Eurodrive Brake Information | click here |
2013 No 71: Predictive Services, Tim Neal | click here |
2012 No 70: Bussmann Motor Circuit Protection Tables | click here |
2012 No 69: The Windings Inside an Industrial DC Motor | click here |
2012 No 68: The Lubrication of Electric Motor Bearings | click here |
2012 No 67: Flygt Submersible Pump Rotation Plus Impellers | click here |
2012 No 66:European,6 Terminal,Motor Terminal Block | click here |
2012 No 65: Three Phase Motor Nameplate Voltage Ratings | click here |
2012 No 64:How To Identify Motor Frame Size | click here |
2012 No 63: Electric Motor “Hotspots” | click here |
2012 No 62:Identification of Single Spring Mechanical Pump Seal | click here |
2012 No 61: Electrical and Physics Formulas | click here |
2012 No 60: Mounted Bearing Temperature Sensors | click here |
2012 No 59: Drive Wiring for Immunity | click here |
2011 No 58:Motor Testing Dynamometer | click here |
2011 No 57:Electric Motor Bearing Fits | click here |
2011 No 56:Bearing Isolators | click here |
2011 No 55:Types and Identification of Industrial Single Phase Motors | click here |
2011 No 54:Mobil Polyrex EM Grease and Lithium Base Grease | click here |
2011 No 53: Poles and Speed | click here |
2011 No 52:ABB New Synchronous Reluctance Motor (SynRM) | click here |
2011 No 51: Full Instructions on Aegis SGR uKit | click here |
2011 No 50:12 Lead Wye Delta Motor Connections | click here |
2011 No 49:Saving Money By Upgrading Fluorescent Fixtures | click here |
2011 No 48 :Eddy Current Clutch Drives | click here |
2011 No 47: Push Pull,Sink Source and Open Collector Information | click here |
2010 No 46:EISA 2007 (Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007) | click here |
2010 No 45: Stepper Motors | click here |
2010 No 44: AC and DC Motor Connection Diagrams | click here |
2010 No 43: Surge Testing and HiPot Testing of 3 Phase Motors | click here |
2010 No 42:Motor Energy Cost vs Purchase Cost and EISA | click here |
2010 No 41: Guide to Electric Current Abroard 2002 | click here |
2010 No 40: Guide to Electric Motor Lubrication | click here |
2010 No 39:Web Learning Resources | click here |
2010 No 38: Drive Enclosure Thermal Considerations | click here |
2010 No 37: Effect of Oil and Grease on Motor Windings | click here |
2010 No 36: SI units of Torque,Pressure and Power | click here |
2010 No 35: Bolt Tightening | click here |
2009 No 34: Centrifugal Pump Cavitation | click here |
2009 No 33: Drive Enclosure Cooling | click here |
2009 No 32: Slide Show pdf on Aegis Shaft Grounding Rings | click here |
2009 No 31: Different Types of Submersible Pump Motors | click here |
2009 No 30 : Capacitors Used with Single Phase Motors | click here |
2009 No 29: Premium Efficient motors,rebates and the law | click here |
2009 No 28: Comparison between different motor thermal protection devices | click here |
2009 No 27: Tools to show bearing electrical discharges | click here |
2009 No 26: Polarization Index and Dielectric Absorption Ratio | click here |
2009 No 25:Stray/Ghost Voltages | click here |
2009 No 24: What is meant by Static and Dynamic Imbalance | click here |
2009 No 23:Efficiency of Gearboxes | click here |
2008 No 22: VPI Varnish Treatment and VFD Drive Motors | click here |
2008 No 21:Arc Flash Prevention Pointers | click here |
2008 No 20: What is Power Factor | click here |
2008 No 19:What is ripple voltage ? | click here |
2008 No 18: Investigation and Solutions to Motor bearing Currents | click here |
2008 No 17:Basic Electric Motor Troubleshooting-Part 3 | click here |
2008 No 16:Photos of Over Greased 100 HP electric motor and recommendations for lubricating motor bearings | click here |
2008 No 15:Small DC Drive and Motor troubleshooting | click here |
2008 No 14:Basic Electric Motor Troubleshooting-Part 2 | click here |
2008 No 13:Basic Electric Motor Troubleshooting-Part 1 | click here |
2008 No 12:460v/796v Name-plated 3 Phase Motor | click here |
2008 No 11:Wye and Delta Motors and Power Supply | click here |
2007 No 9:Geared In problem | click here |
2007 No 8:Line / Load Reactors | click here |
2007 No 7:Buck-Boost Transformers | click here |
2007 No 6:Core Loss Testing | click here |
2007 No 5:Thermistors | click here |
2007 No 4:Motor Insulation Systems and Temperature Class | click here |
2007 No 3:Understanding Significance of Motor Frame Numbers | click here |
2007 No 2:Motor Nameplate Service Factor Explanation | click here |
2007 No 10:Fan Speed Changes and The Affinity Laws | click here |
2007 No 1:How to read resistor color codes | click here |
2006 May:Heat problems in panels due to drive heat losses | click here |
Hollogram Past Issues
June 2014,Issue 88 | Carotron DC Drives:Tech.Ref. App:Compressed Air System Efficiency: click here |
May 2014,Issue 87 | Webster Chain: New Toyota Engine/Generator:Motor Nameplate Service Factor:click here |
April 2014,Issue 86 | Leeson 3 Phase motors:Rules of Thumb:book:click here |
March 2014,Issue 85 | Conveyor Belting:Tesla Model S Electric MotorTech video: Questions on Motor Testing: click here |
February 2014,Issue 84 | Leeson Bravo Reducers:Earthrise Video:iPad Apps for Maintenance Users:click here |
January 2014,Issue 83 | Brother Gear Motors:Carl Sagan Pale Blue Dot video: Electric MotorBearing Protection Handbook:click here |
December 2013,Issue 82 | Danfoss 2800 Drive Update:Fan Resource Guide:click here |
November 2013,Issue 81 | Nordbloc Helical Reducers:English/Metric Conversions Sheet: Electrical Measurements On AC Drives: click here |
October 2013,Issue 80 | Danfoss HP Pumps/Motors:Tap & Drill Chart: Reduced Voltage Starter Configurations |
September 2013,Issue 79 | Cambridge International Steel Belting:Inches to Millimeters Sheet: The New Kress Motor: click here |
August 2013,Issue 78 | Service:Bearing Temperatures: click here |
July 2013,Issue 77 | Igus Energy Chain:Fluke Workshop: motor wiring tables: click here |
June 2013,Issue 76 | Fluke VT02 Visual IR Thermometer:Identifying Unmarked Leads on 6 and 12 Lead motors:click here |
May 2013,Issue 75 | Screw Conveyors: How Many Times Can You Start and Stop A Motor Safely: click here |
April 2013,Issue 74 | Chuck Dix: Birds of Paradise:The Phone Book :click here |
March 2013,Issue 73 | North American Electric:Air Refueling Video:Electricity in Foreign Countries :click here |
February 2013,Issue 72 | Stober ServoFit Gearheads:Audi Self Drive Cars: SEW Eurodrive Brakes:click here |
January 2013,Issue 71 | Fluke New CNX 3000 Wireless Testers:On SitePredictive Maintenance Service:click here |
December 2012,Issue 70 | Bus Duct Replacement:Best 4 mins Today:Bussmann Motor Circuit Protection Tables: click here |
November 2012,Issue 69 | Leeson Platinum ACPM Motor:BBC Human Planet:Fields Inside DC Motor:click here |
October 2012,Issue 68 | System Plast Conveyors:Thrust Over Water video:Relubing Electric Motor Bearings:click here |
September 2012,Issue 67 | US Accu-Torq Motors:Trip The Light video:Flygt Submersible Pump Rotation plus Impellers:click here |
August 2012,Issue 66 | Fluke 325 Clamp and 424D Laser Meter:Shuttle Booster Video:European MotorTerminal Block :click here |
July 2012,Issue 65 | US Motors Hostile Duty motors: Sale Danfoss VLT 2800 Drive:Tech Talk July 2012 Three Phase Motor Nameplate Voltages:click here |
June 2012,Issue 64 | Martin and Thomas Screw Conveyor H’Book:Musical Stairs:How to Identify a Motor Frame Size:click here |
May 2012,Issue 63 | Zero-Max Servo Couplings:Earth Picture:Electric Motor Hotspots: click here |
April 2012,Issue 62 | Danfoss DrivePro Programs:People are Awesome: ID Single Spring Pump Mechanical Seal: click here |
March 2012,Issue 61 | Horton-Nexen:Pollination Extreme Close-Up:Formulas: click here |
February 2012,Issue 60 | Thermal Imaging Service:Mussels Under the Ice : Mounted Bearing Temperature Sensors:click here |
January 2012,Issue 59 | Collars & Couplings: Neutrinos:Wiring AC Drives for Immunity: click here |
December 2011,Issue 58 | Posi Lock:Hallelujah Chorus:Motor Testing Dynamometer:click here |
November 2011,Issue 57 | Nord Gear:Penguin Movie:Electric Motor Bearing Fits: click here |
October 2011,Issue 56 | US Motors Pump Motors:AMan,Dog,Motor Cycle:Bearing Isolators: click here |
September 2011,Issue 55 | New Danfoss VLT Automation Drive Brochure: Elephants Reunited:Types and ID of Ind.Single Phase Motors: click here |
August 2011,Issue 54 | Helukabel Topflex VFD Cable: Open House Invitation:Helukabel:Mobil Polyrex EM vs Lithium Base Greases:click here |
July 2011,Issue 53 | IBYSS Inverter Bypass Switch:3D Printing:Motor Poles and Speed:click here |
June 2011,Issue 52 | Bussmann Fuse Service Kits:Powers of 10 :ABB New SynRM motor :click here |
May 2011,Issue 51 | What It Takes To Make The Best Electric Motor Rewind:The Future in Touch: |
April 2011,Issue 50 | Holland Industrial panel Shop:Singing Bird:12 Lead Wye Delta Motor Connections click here |
March 2011,Issue 49 | US Motors:Be Happy:Upgrading Fluorescent Fixtures :click here |
February 2011, Issue 48 | Igus Chain Carriers:Could this be you:Eddy Current Clutch Drives:click here |
January 2011,Issue 47 | SEW Eurodrive Torqbloc: Khan Academy:Push Pull,Sink Source,Open Collector Information: click here |
December 2010,Issue 46 | Fluke 376 and 381 Meters:Hallelujah at the mall:EISA 2007 :click here |
November 2010,Issue 45 | Trantorque Keyless Bushings:Disappearing Car Door:Stepper Motors: click here |
October 2010,Issue 44 | Worldwide Electric HdR Reducers:2 Handed Robot:AC and DC Connection Diagrams: click here |
September 2010,Issue 43 | Paragon Technologies:Terraflugia Video: Surge and Hipot Testing of Motor Windings: click here |
August 2010,Issue 42 | Danfoss new MCD 500 Soft Start:ISS Tour:Motor Energy Cost vs Purchase Cost, EISA: click here |
July 2010,Issue 41 | Fluke Sale:Soft Foot Video:”Guide to “Electric Current Abroad”: click here |
June 2010,Issue 40 | REA Inverter Duty Magnet Wire:BatchGeo:Exxon Mobil “Guide to Electric Motor Lubrication”:click here |
May 2010,Issue 39 | Epoxy Varnish VPI:Tour of International Space Station:Web Learning Resources for Maintenance Departments:click here |
April 2010,Issue 38 | Carotron Elite Pro Drive:International Space Station Fly Over:Drive Enclosure Thermal Considerations : click here |
March 2010,Issue 37 | Control Techniques Unimotor fm:Slo Motion:Effects of grease and Oil on Windings:click here |
February 2010,Issue 36 | Hub City Cleanline Ultraplus :The Simplest Electric Motor:International measurement Units:click here |
January 2010,Issue 35 | Siemens 3SE5 Limit Switches:Russell Currin:Bolt Tightening:click here |
December 2009,Issue 34 | Leeson Extreme Duck SS motor:Sonny Marrow:Centrifugal Pump Cavitation: click here |
November 2009,Issue 33 | Fluke 233 Meter:Kevin Bishop: Drive Enclosure Cooling:click here |
October 2009,Issue 32 | QM Bearings: Glenn Sparks: |
September 2009,Issue 31 | Aurora Vert.Pump Motors and Worldwide Right Angle gear boxes:Bobby Tharrington:Submersible Pump Types: click here |
August 2009,Issue 30 | Hitachi Maxco: WL West : Motor Capacitors: click here |
July 2009,Issue 29 | Dongan and Acme transformers:Alex Ward:Premium Efficient Motors Rebates and the Law : click here |
June 2009,Issue 28 | Ralphs-Pugh :Cecil Sanford : Different motor thermal protection devices: click here |
May 2009,Issue 27 | Martin Shaftless Conveyor:Tim Neal: Tools to detect electrical bearing discharges:click here |
April 2009,Issue 26 | Cooper B-Line/Hoffman:Mike Neal: PI and DAR: click here |
March 2009,Issue 25 | Siemens Tiastar: Larry Holland Jr:Stray/Ghost Voltages:click here |
February 2009,Issue 24 | Danfoss VLT:David Hayes : Imbalance:click here |
January 2009,Issue 23 | Stober, Gearboxes: Wayne Faucette:Gearbox Efficiency : click here |
December 2008,Issue 22 | Marathon Blue ,Black Max Motors : Lee Edmonds: VPI Process & Drive Motors :click here |
November 2008,Issue 21 | Control Techniques:Tommy Anstead:Arc Flash: click here |
October 2008,Issue 20 | MTE Line Reactors:Bobby Powell:Power Factor:click here |
September2008,Issue19 | Fluke Thermal Imagers:Duffy Callahan:Ripple Voltage:click here |
August 2008,Issue 18 | Siemens and ABB:Scott Mathews:Motor bearing Currents: click here |
July 2008,Issue 17 | Shimpo Circulute 3000:Jeff Taylor : Troubleshooting Motors Part 3: click here |
June 2008,Issue 16 | Trio Shaft Mounts: Danny:Lube Recommendations for Electric Motors:click here |
May 2008, Issue 15 | uni Chains:Brad:Troubleshooting Small DC Drives and Motors: click here |
April 2008,Issue 14 | Danfoss Soft Starts:Patricia:Troubleshooting Motors Part 2: click here |
March 2008, Issue13 |
Belting:Eddie:Troubleshooting Motors Part 1: click here
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February 2008, Issue 12 |
Chain:Donna:460/796v motor: click here
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January 2008, Issue 11 |
Leeson Group:Jacob:Why Wye or Delta motors: click here
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December 2007, Issue 10 |
Nexen Brake:Betty Jo:Fan Speeds: click here
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November 2007, Issue 9 |
Wago Connectors:Justin:Geared-In Drive: click here
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October 2007, Issue 8 |
Gel Caps: Connectors:Shawn:Line Reactors: click here
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September 2007, Issue 7 |
Dongan:Michael:Boost-Buck Txs: click here
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August 2007, Issue 6 |
Whirligig Speed Sensor:Denise:Core Loss: click here
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July 2007 , Issue 5 |
Eurodrive:Kristy:Thermistors: click here
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June 2007, Issue 4 |
Peninsular Cylinders:Ronnie:Motor Temperature Classes: click here
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May 2007, Issue 3 |
Carlisle Belts:Patrick:Motor Frame Sizes: click here
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April 2007, Issue 2 |
Interroll Motorized Rollers:On-Site Services:Nameplates: click here
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March 2007, Issue 1 |
Danfoss Drives:Polyrex EM Grease:Resistor Chart: click here
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