Improving Gearmotor Efficiency

摘要

With the concerns over the growing energy crisis, the efficiency of electric motors has become an important, timely topic. The reason: electric motors consume from 63% to 70% of the electricity used in domestic manufacturing, and represent 23% of the total electricity consumption in the U.S. However, most motor efficiency efforts to date have focused on only about 10% of the total electric motor population. A unique opportunity exists for OEM machinery designers to . contribute to energy conservation efforts by carefully selecting and applying appropriate new electric motors, gearmo-tors, and drives.