Government regulations rarely translate into tremendous revenue growth in a global market. But this is not the case in the integral horsepower low-voltage (LV) motor market, where a regulatory push ...

The International Efficiency 3 (IE3) motor standard will soon become South Africa’s legal minimum standard, mandating that local suppliers offer more efficient electric motors. Electric motors were ...

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Bearings and power transmission products distributor Bearings International (BI) is preparing to distribute low-voltage IE3 electric motors for global engineering company ABB after the duo inked an ...

According to research conducted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs' Bureau of Energy, power consumed by motor equipment and applications account for over 50% of overall electrical power consumption.

Electric motors might not sound exciting — but they’re everywhere. They power conveyor belts in factories, water pumps on farms, fans in cooling systems, and crushers in mines. And as of June 2025, ...

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EASA recently published a “Good Practice Guide” that can help end-users obtain 3-phase electric motor repairs and rewinds that maintain the motor’s energy efficiency and reliability. The guide ...

After its successful development of industrial electric motors (three-phase induction motors) with super-premium class efficiency (IE4) for the first time in Korea, the Electric Machine and Drive ...

ABB has created a liquid cooled synchronous reluctance motor series that achieves IEC international efficiency class 5 (IE5). It brands its synchronous reluctance motors ‘SynRM’, and is offering ...

As of June 2025, South Africa has activated mandatory regulations that affect a R3bn industry and will result in significant energy and cost savings - enough to power Nelson Mandela Bay for a year.