Electric Motor Repair Blog

Do you know to what standard your motor shop is balancing your rotating equipment? Is your shop’s equipment even capable of precision balancing and reporting? A couple of thousandths can make a difference in the longevity of a machine. So here are some questions you...

If an electric motor repair shop conducts a thorough teardown and root cause failure analysis of your rotating equipment, surprises in the repair process should not occur. When you’ve sent in your rotating equipment to a motor repair shop, you shouldn’t be receiving...

Just because you’ve got a backup or spare electric motor doesn't mean it's ready to go into service or that it will even work. And we’ve seen that happen to our customers, time and time again--and it’s especially problematic when it’s a critical motor that’s gone...

An anti-friction bearing race unexpectedly cracked on your electric motor, leading to a catastrophic failure, emergency shutdown, downtime, and lost productivity -- not to mention the expensive repairs involved. Is there a way to detect impending failures before they...

What is the Cost of NOT Doing Scheduled Reliability Maintenance? The global predictive maintenance market is expected to grow rapidly from $4.5 billion in 2020 to $64.3 billion in 2030, according to consulting group NextMSC. This serves as evidence that more and more...

Finding the most suitable electric motor enclosure type for your application can save you money, enhance motor performance, and extend the life of your motor. But how do you know what enclosure type you need? Why It’s Important to Choose the Right Enclosure Type We...

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...