Electric Motor Repair Blog

You can avoid costly repairs by ensuring you aren’t combining incompatible greases on your electric motors. Keep in mind that grease works differently from oil, even though both act as lubricants. Because of its thickness, grease can stay on surfaces despite gravity...

    Case Study: Successful asset condition management saves valuable production hours. Proper asset condition management including vibration analysis, outage planning and repair execution can exponentially save your company time while contributing to your...

      What You Need to Know About Ultrasonic Testing Ultrasonic testing can be an invaluable part of a predictive maintenance program. And it is important to understand the basics of the ultrasonic testing and how it can benefit you and the facility you are...

Explosion Proof Electric Motors: Class, Groups & Divisions Explosion Proof Motors To understand what explosion-proof really means for electric motors, you need to be familiar with the two basic scenarios related to motor explosions. The first involves the surface...

Did you know that an electric motor evaluation requires multiple tests? But, how do you know what tests to perform and when? At Hi-Speed, we can test electric motors and accurately diagnose and correct any issues we may find along the way, leveraging our expertise of...

Proper bearing lubrication for electric motor applications is an important, yet commonly overlooked, topic that can directly impact the longevity and effectiveness of equipment. Today, we’re revisiting this timeless topic as we look back on our educational webinar...

New oil is always the best for your bearings, correct? Most new oil in a drum may not be as clean as you think, and you need to know why and what you can do about it. I always assumed that new oil was clean oil--until I started working with a customer who was having...

Prevent Electric Motor Failure with Predictive Maintenance Is predictive maintenance just a fad that’s trying to sell expensive, complicated equipment to production and manufacturing companies, or is it an effective maintenance paradigm? We know that motor failure,...

If motors are exposed to ambient vibration during storage, damage to bearings (such as false brinelling) can result. Ambient vibration can affect the motors when they are stored in close proximity to rail lines, production floors, and busy roads; if the motors cannot...

With the advances in technology around electric motor testing, the motor inductance testing is now easier to perform than ever. However, there are challenges that remain, and the most difficult issue lies in the lack of hard-set guidance from an independent body as to...