BI introduces industry-first multi-mount Bauer cast iron electric motor range
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Traditionally, cast iron electric motors are available in a wide range from 0.37 kW up to 400 kW, with BI only catering for top-mounted terminal boxes. “Some plants either have top, left-hand or right-hand terminal boxes, making it a complex and costly exercise to stock all three,” BI Bauer Electric Motors Product Manager Lewis Hiepner explains. BI itself ordered whichever variant was required ex-factory, with a normal lead time of about 14 weeks.
This is now all set to change with the industry’s first multi-mount cast iron motor. BI has contracted with a major manufacturer to produce what are termed loose feet, a bolt-on addition that transforms a normal motor into a multi-mount version that is adaptable to specific plant configurations.
The Bauer motor range from BI is also available in various energy efficiency ratings, from IE1 as standard and IE2 high efficiency, all the way through to IE3 and even IE4. “We are standardising on IE1 motors, with the possibility of being able to offer IE2 as a standard option as well, although this is still in the pipeline,” Hiepner reveals.
The first consignment of the loose feet has subsequently arrived in South Africa, ahead of samples that have been demonstrated to select clients. The multi-mount motor range, being cast iron, is particularly robust, and therefore ideal for the arduous operating conditions of mining operations. “We have received significant interest in the new Bauer multi-mount range, combined with its energy-saving potential,” Hiepner concludes.
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