Robots are everywhere in our imaginations—helping older adults at home, stocking warehouses, cleaning offices, and taking on dangerous jobs that humans shouldn’t have to do. Yet outside of factories ...

Understanding where losses occur and how to minimize them is key to improving performance across servo systems.

ISA recently published the second edition of Motors & Drives: A Practical Technology Guide by Dave Polka, a widely recognized expert in developing training and technical support materials for major ...

As a result, remote control technologies are being widely adopted across various sectors. Among the many components used in ...

Electric motors consume almost half of the electricity produced worldwide. They, in fact, provide the necessary driving force for much of today’s equipment. Motors, pumps, and fans are present in an ...

Art. 430, Part VII provides the requirements for motor controllers. The requirements for motor control circuits are in Part VI. What’s the difference? Part VI is about the supply power to motor ...

Keeping pace with significant advances in motor speed control technologies, the International Society of Automation (ISA) has published a second edition of Motors & Drives: A Practical Technology ...

I have a vent fan in my attic. It’s “green” because it helps keep my home cool without using air conditioning. But not very green. It uses a 1/10 HP shaded-pole ac motor. The shaded-pole motor is low ...

Article 440, Part V provides the requirements for the motor controllers used in HVAC and refrigeration compressors. The text is dense, so let’s break it down. Every motor-compressor controller must ...