Proper Motor Application Engineering Can Reduce Costs an Improve Reliability

Motors are essential equipment in a power plant. Their failures may cause a shutdown as injurious to the system as the failure of a main unit. Maximum reliability at minimum cost can be obtained by application engineering of a high order of merit. This includes adequate record keeping; proper knowledge of ambient conditions and operating practices; thorough study of load characteristics, power supply, transferring and starting facilities; and adequate specifications which do not impose costly nonstandard requirements.