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2012
Product of the Year
Electric Motors & Drives
Tapered roller
bearings
Baldor’s Dodge
Type EXL tapered
roller bearings provide
misalignment
and expansion capability,
while maintaining
industry standard
Type E mounting
dimensions. The
design of the Dodge
Type EXL incorporates
a cartridge-style
inner unit into a split ductile iron housing, which allows
the inner unit to swivel freely in the hosing. The Dodge
Type EXL offers a new bearing design with a 13% to 14%
increase in load ratings. The roller bearings come in twoand
four-bolt pillow blocks and utilize the same inner unit
for expansion and non-expansion housings.
Baldor Electric Co.
www.baldor.com
Adjustable frequency
drives
Eaton’s H-Max
Series of adjustable
frequency
drives are
equipped with
HVAC software
and hardware
features, including
an industryleading
energy control algorithm. The H-Max Series has
new technologies such as advanced dc capacitors and
latest generation insulated gate bipolar transistors, with
real-time clock and calendar. This gives customers the
ability to design and operate efficient HVAC systems. The
drives are available in 1.5 hp to 250 hp at 480 V and ¾ hp
to 125 hp at 230 V. The H-Max Series comes with Ethernet,
Modbus, N2, and BACnet built-ins.
Eaton Corporation
www.eaton.com
Soft starter solutions
The S811+/S801+ Soft Starters provide smooth acceleration
and deceleration of the load with advanced monitoring,
protection, and communication. The soft starters are
designed for constant torque and variable torque applications.
The soft starters come equipped with power and
power factor monitoring capabilities, analog input, fault
warnings, and integrated Modbus RTU communication.
With the digital interface, users can configure, monitor,
and enable protection. The soft starters are available in
open and packaged control configurations with five frame
sizes for currents ranging from 11 A to 1,000 A.
Eaton Corporation
www.eaton.com
Split universal mounting kit
The Split uKIT version of the AEGIS SGR Bearing Protection
Ring protects the bearings of VFD-driven motors
from electrical damage, and allows quick and easy retrofitting
of the ring on virtually any ac motor shaft without
decoupling attached equipment. The AEGIS Split uKIT is
ideal for HVAC service contractors and plant maintenance
departments. Designed to accommodate slingers, shaft
shoulders, and other end bell protrusions, the kit comes with
a split AEGIS ring, the halves of which are held together
with a unique hinge. This hinge design allows the split
AEGIS ring to be opened on one side, then closed and
fastened together with built-in adhesive-backed aluminum
tabs, providing rigidity to the assembled ring.
Electro Static Technology Inc.
www.est-aegis.com
38 • November 2012 PLANT ENGINEERING www.plantengineering.com