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 »
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Baldor Electric was founded in 1920 by Edwin Ballman and Emil Doerr. The name of the company was derived using part of each of their names. In 1967 the Company's headquarters were moved from St. Louis, Missouri to Fort Smith, Arkansas. In 2011, Baldor was acquired by ABB Ltd of Switzerland, company continues to operate as Baldor Electric Company A Member of the ABB Group.
Baldor motors are designed to meet or exceed the energy efficiency
requirements of the United States, Canada and Mexico for general purpose industrial motors, while delivering
high starting torque, overload capability and superior reliability. Their extensive line of motors are available in a wide variety of enclosure construction from industrial steel band open designs where water and dust
exposure is moderate, to totally enclosed cast iron designs where exposure to water, dust and corrosives exists.
The Super-E® Motors provide NEMA Premium efficiency and are Inverter ready with wide variable torque speed
ranges as standard.
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