Motor Starters and Other Motor Control Products

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Motor Starters are our specialty for those control applications that are unusual.

Recent applications:

* Pump Protection - Undercurrent Protection to prevent cavitation with loss of fluid in the pump. Eliminates the need for low level sensing electrodes.

* Automatic Timed Restart of Across-the-Line electric motor starters to restart after under current trip, under voltage, over voltage, power loss, etc.

* Pump Pre-lubrication - solenoid valve opens reservoir to pour water into the pump impeller before start. The pump will refill the reservoir upon start in preparation for the next start.

* Field irrigation - Constant pressure regulation with variable frequency drives and a 4 to 20 ma pressure transducer input. Drives will operate independently of the field sprinkler system. Automatic high pressure shut down when too many sprinklers close, low pressure restart when sprinklers open.

* Undervoltage and Overvoltage Protection - Motors can operate at nameplate rating plus or minus 10%. Adjustable time delay on start is provided for voltage dips caused by motor inrush current.

* Type 3R or Type 4 Enclosure with Service Entrance Rated Fusible Disconnect and Lightning Arrestor.

* Variable Frequency Drives that may be placed in direct sun light with the addition of forced ventilation or air conditioning.

* Reduced Voltage Starters to interface with your existing Cla-val pressure reducing valve.

* Variable Frequency Drives will be interfaced with your facility controls.

Motor Control Products

Contactors

Lug Kits for Sizes 4 through 7 Contactors and Starters

Solid State Overload Relays

Current Transformers

Starters For Panel Mounting

Reversing Starters For Panel Mounting

Enclosed Starters, UL Type 1 Enclosure, w/Start and Stop Pushbuttons

Enclosed Starters, UL Type 1 Enclosure, with No Pushbuttons

UL Type 1 Enclosed Starters w/Hand-Off-Auto and Control Power Transformer

Enclosed Starters, Type 4/12 Enclosure, w/Start and Stop Pushbuttons

Enclosed Starters, Type 4/12 Enclosure, w/ HOA and CPT

Combination Starters w/Motor Circuit Protector Disconnect and HOA

Solid State Reduced Voltage Starters

Explosionproof Starters and Control

Variable Frequency Drives Online Store

Variable Frequency Drive Availability

Wye Delta Reduced Voltage

Pressure Transducers

Motor Control - Many items are listed that are not in our store. You will also find additional notes on the products.

Pump Control Products

Simplex Starter Pump Control.

Duplex Pump Control.

Triplex Pump Control.

Domestic Variable Frequency Drive Pump Package.

Single Variable Frequency Drive Domestic Booster Pump Control.

Dual Variable Frequency Drive Domestic Pump Control.

Multi-motor Booster/VFD Pump Control.

Duplex VFD Chilled Water System Control.

Torque Control Soft-Starts

Power Quality Products

Automatic Load Tap Changing and Voltage Regulator Transformers

AC Line Reactors for Variable Frequency Drives up to 20 HP

Surge Suppressors

Ferrite Cores

Application Tips:

In 1952 the motor industry re-designed motors to reflect advancement in winding insulation. The new insulations could withstand higher temperatures and still give a nominal eighteen year lifetime.

The re-design allowed a smaller frame that gave less surface heat dissipation. Consequently, motors were designed to save raw material costs while allowing higher internal temperatures. Thus the "U-frame" was designed to replace the "original frame" motors.

In 1964 another re-design took place as insulation materials were designed to withstand even higher temperatures. Raw material costs were reduced as the smaller "T-frame" replaced the "U-frame."

Capabilities of the re-designed products also changed for the reason that the new re-designed motors were also optimized, i.e., the original frame motor could easily develop more horsepower than what the namplate was marked and the U-frame could develop only slightly more horsepower than nameplated. However, the T-frame motor was optimized so that it could develop no more than what the nameplate required. Thus, an original frame 10 horsepower motor might produce perhaps 12 horsepower, a 10 horsepower U-frame motor might produce 11 horsepower, but a 10 horsepower T-frame motor will produce 10.0 horsepower.

When machinery was designed using original frame motors, if the requirement was, for example, 11 horsepower, a 10 horsepower motor was used with the knowledge that the motor would perform adequately. When machinery was designed for use with a 10 horsepower U-frame and the horsepower requirement wad 10.5 horsepower, a 10 horsepower U-frame was used satisfactorily.

If either the original frame was replaced with a U-frame or a U-frame was replaced with a T-frame, the replacement motor might overheat and destroy itself while trying to handle the load.

Know thy motor! Measure and record running amps of all motors before they need replacement.

Select a replacement motor based on the measured running amps. If an older style motor needs to be replaced without the benefit of measured running amps, the general rule is to replace an original frame motor with a U-frame of the next higher horsepower rating and replace a U-frame with a T-frame of the next higher horsepower rating. In attempting to save energy by replacing a 10 horsepower original frame or U-frame motor with an energy saving motor, the question should be asked, "How efficient is my new, shiny, premium efficient, 10 horsepower T-frame motor when it burns up?"

When replacing the motor, if an existing sheave is worn then, if used again, it may damage the shaft of the new motor. You may want to replace the sheave also.

When replacing V-belts, use industrial belts rather than the automotive type. The difference is the angle of contact on the sides of the belts. An automotive belt will not have the proper lifetime if used on an industrial sheave.

When replacing belts that are used with a multiple groove sheave, always replace all the belts. If one new belt is used with one or more old belts then the new belt will wear or break before the others. The reason for that is that the old belts have been stretched and so the new belt will be doing all the work.