Case Study: Does Investment in Critical Motor Storage Programs Justify the Potential ROI? In our last blog post, we discussed the benefits of establishing a critical motor testing and storage program. Obviously, having a supply of tested replacement motors at the...
Distilling bourbon is serious business, especially in Kentucky. By state law, distilleries must use raw water from the Kentucky River or one of its tributaries in their production process in order for their whiskey to be called Kentucky Straight Bourbon. For one...
A large municipal water treatment plant can pump up to 72 million gallons of water per day from the Kentucky River. In proper operating conditions, six identical motors and vertical turbine pumps each contribute 12 million gallons of water to the company’s water...
There are three mechanical fits that come into play when considering vertical motor alignment. Those are face runout, register fit runout and shaft runout. One of the major manufacturers of vertical motors gives these tolerances for allowable runout for a 447-frame...
In November 2017, IEM was contacted by a California Refinery to quote an API 541 5th Edition Medium Voltage motor for a shipping pump application. The initial motor quotation was for a Siemens 4000 HP, 3600 RPM Motor, 6813, WPII enclosure. As discussions and data...