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 »
Toshiba’s definite purpose, premium efficiency, Toshwash SS motor series is built to meet the extreme demands of the food and pharmaceutical industries. The daily pressure washes and hot cleaning solutions in these industries require motors specifically designed to withstand these conditions.Working with several major users in these industries, Toshiba developed one of the toughest motors available—theToshwash SS, a washdown duty motor. This specially designed motor approaches five times the normal life cycle of othercommercial washdown duty motors and offers the widest variety of frame sizes available for food, pharmaceutical,and other applications requiring frequent washdowns. This motor series exceeds NEMA MG1 Part 31 requirements and issuitable for indoor and outdoor applications.