A variable frequency drive is an electronic device that allows you to start, stop, and control the speed of a three phase motor. It is also a motor starter as it is equipped with overload protection. Read more »
What is the difference between a 'new surplus' motor and a 'factory new' motor?
Our New Surplus electric motors and drives are new and unused overstock or discontinued items offered at lower prices and come with our 90-day warranty.
Factory New products are competitively priced and come with a manufacturers warranty.
Variable frequency drives (VFDs or inverters) now play an important part in major industry.
Within the last 10 years they have been perfected to control and vary the speed of 3 phase electric motors. They serve many purposes, besides speed control. Homeowners and hobbyist alike, who have lathes or milling machines with a 3 phase motor, usually don't have 3 phase power to operate. These VFDs (instead of using a rotary phase converter) can now be used to convert single phase power to 3 phase power. Read more »
Electric Motors
: AEGIS® Inside
: W01 (Rolled Steel) General Purpose TEFC
Catalog Number: 01518ET3E254T-SG
Motors with AEGIS® bearing protection ring INSIDE
The General Purpose TEFC line is composed by W01 and W22 motors.
W01 is a Rolled Steel motor that is perfect for applications where performance, robustness and light-weight are required in an all-one solution.
These motors are supplied with Aegis® bearing protection ring to avoid current flow along the motor shaft, across the bearing and return to the frame thus preventing premature bearing wear and failure due to electric currents flowing through them.