News and Articles

As part of its focus on the topic through the Association's Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) committee, the Association of Electrical & Mechanical Trades (AEMT) has made a series of helpful resources available on its website.

Matt Fletcher, Managing Director of Fletcher Moorland, explains why you really can’t afford to ignore the effective lubrication of your motors, with an example that came into his repair workshop recently.

BRF, one of the world's largest food producers, has chosen WEG's asset management solution, WEG Motion Fleet Management (MFM), to monitor key industrial assets across its 42 plants.

New generative AI functionality being incorporated into Siemens Senseye Predictive Maintenance solution aims to make predictive maintenance conversational, as Renew discovered.

Partial discharge measurement specialist Power Diagnostix Systems, part of the Megger group of companies, used its online partial discharge monitoring technology to identify the cause of contamination on a critical motor in a European chemical plant.

In an era of evolving energy efficiency standards and a growing commitment to environmental responsibility, motor manufacturer WEG has launched the W23 Sync+ motor line. Marek Lukaszczyk, European and Middle East Marketing Manager at WEG, introduces the benefits of the new PMSynRM technology.

In collaboration with electromechanical repair specialist Houghton International, Newcastle University has conducted a study to assess the environmental implications of repairing versus replacing an AC electric motor and a direct-driven wind turbine generator.

VPI, or Vacuum Pressure Impregnation is a process which can be used as part of a rewind and repair of an electric motor to enhance its ongoing performance. Chris Callander gives an overview of the process, its application in electric motor repair, the benefits it delivers, and the considerations around cost versus benefit.

A PETROCHEMICAL PLANT operator urgently needed to replace a failed extruder motor featuring 6MW rated power, a 10kV nominal voltage, and requiring >57kNm nominal torque. Originally, the extruder was driven by a squirrel-cage motor. However, a motor with similar design parameters was not readily available on the market.

ELIMPUS LTD HAS INSTALLED several of Vaisala’s online transformer monitoring solutions on behalf of Scottish Power, a leading British energy provider, to carry out real-time condition updates.

A MANUFACTURER OF BOILER cylinders needed a quick fix when an old Siemens S7-200 PLC broke down on a critical machine.

QUARTZELEC MALAYSIA HAS recently completed an overhaul and rotor refurbishment on a 11,000V, 4000kW, Chongqing Electric synchronous motor for a steel equipment manufacturer located on the East Coast of the West Peninsular of Malaysia.