Delegates trialling the Association of Electrical and Mechanical Trades, AEMT Training Academy at recent beta testing sessions have highlighted the ease of use and positive experience as the Association moves towards a summer launch of its new platform.

MENZEL ELEKTROMOTOREN has created a replacement motor for one of India’s largest industrial and medical gas manufacturers. When a large compressor motor failed, causing production losses, Menzel adapted a stock motor, ready for shipping, within three weeks of receiving the order.

With up to 80% of all premature bearing failures being caused by incorrect lubrication, the Grease App from Schaeffler has been designed to determine the ideal lubricant type, lubricant quantity, grease service life, and relubrication intervals required for initial lubrication and relubrication of rolling bearings.

Nidec Drive Technology Corporation (formally Nidec-Shimpo Corporation) has launched a lineup of its VR Series of reducers for servo motors, specifically for food machinery.

Systematic condition monitoring combines sensor signals, data evaluation and targeted communication to help detect issues such as imbalance or bearing damage early on. Turck's compact TBEN-S-2COM I/O module enables status and control data to be transferred simultaneously in Industrial Ethernet networks. Users can efficiently use existing infrastructures without paying premium prices for additional hardware.

Neutronic Technologies recently supported a food manufacturer with the repair of a large 355KW motor. Scheduling the repair to eliminate production downtime, it was essential Neutronic cooperated with the customer to turn around the motor repair within 24 hours.

A manufacturer of plumbing and drainage components had a machine down due to a gearbox failure. The breakdown had caused a production stoppage on one of the factory's main lines, and the customer had no spare gearbox on site to get back up and running.

Webb-Elec’s site team was recently called out to inspect an air handling unit that had failed at one of its hospital clients. The unit was tucked away from the main plant room and had only just failed when the call came in. Webb-Elec responded immediately, and a team was on site within the hour. Upon inspection, it was clear that one of the bearings had catastrophically failed.

In this issue of Renew, Martin Deiss, Sales Manager Europe & Middle East at Electro Static Technology, answers readers questions about motor bearing protection.

David Strain, of industrial drives specialist Technidrive, explains how changes to European regulations on eco-design for electric motors will impact machine builders.