What Is the Effect of PWM Drives on Electric Motor Bearings?
Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) power sources, also known as variable frequency drives (VFD),...
Posts about Variable Frequency Drive (4):
Discovering and Preventing Bearing Current Damage
Electric motors are prone to many sources of damage, some more common and some better known. An...
CSE Webinar: Critical Power: Motors, VFDs, and VSDs
Engineers must understand how the components of the systems they design use power and how they can...
Motor Bearings: Electrical Damage Simplified - A Further Examination and Clarification
The article below corrects and adds to the EASA Current's article from the Dec 2017 issue: “Motor...
AEGIS® Rings Ensure Process Uptime by Protecting VFD-Driven Motors from Bearing Damage
Today, VFDs are used to provide precise control of a wide range of processes and process variables...
Handling Bearings With Care - Electrical Arcing
Excellent article on the many things that must be looked out for when handling or installing...
AEGIS® Lunch-and-Learn Presentations — At Your Offices and At Your Convenience
Learn About Electrical Bearing Damage and How to Prevent It... While Enjoying Lunch on Us!
Without Bearing Protection, Motors Can Fail
VFD-induced shaft voltage damages motor bearings and shortens motor life
If you’re using variable...
Rugged and Reliable Vertical Motors for Inverter-Duty Applications
Vertical motors run on variable frequency drives are susceptible to electrical bearing damage and...