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Vibration Analysis, when applied to your industrial electric motors, aims to reduce maintenance costs and equipment downtime by detecting equipment faults.  It helps you identify things like unbalance, misalignment, rolling element bearing faults, and resonance conditions.  It is a component of a predictive maintenance program, which is designed to help determine the condition of in-service equipment in order to estimate when maintenance should be performed.  Learn more here.

On Friday, September the 20th 2019 Red Stick Armature Works celebrated 60 years of business with the ones that made it possible, our customers!  It was a full day of food, music, fun and all things motors. 

It was also a day when RSAW was the recipients of a wonderful presentation from Kenny Havard, West Feliciana Parish President, and honored to receive a special recognition award from Torri Buckles, Associate Director of the Louisiana Economic Development Group.

In the EASA report “The Effect of Repair/Rewinding on Motor Efficiency”, a special section at the end is devoted to the question of whether it is better for you to repair or replace your existing electric motor.  Here are 6 high-level questions you can ask to quickly decide which option might be best for you. The “Repair-replace” Business Model The process kicks-off the mome ...

Constant-level oilers, externally attached to motor housings, are critically important devices that provide a steady flow of oil to bearings inside the motor. In this article, learn how to keep these oilers properly filled, along with ongoing inspection and maintenance, to significantly extend bearing life.

In the aftermath of major storm-caused flooding to coastal and inland plant facilities, the impact of salt water, mud, and moisture can be devastating to the many different types of sizes of electric motors used in your plant.

When this happens, fast decisions must be made to get the remediation project underway and to minimize costly plant downtime.

Below are the three critical “first steps” to take if or when this ever happens to you.

Did you know that as ambient temperatures rise, the operating temperatures of your electric motors rise as well.  Inevitably, someone will take note of the increased operating temperature during a maintenance activity or periodic inspection, at which point the question suddenly becomes:

At what point is the motor exceeding its design operating temperature? 

Today’s article is intended to provide some practical information concerning motor operating temperatures and what you can do about it.

According to Allied Market Research, the global electric motor market is projected to reach $136.4 billion by 2025, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 4.5%. As with any expanding market, there comes the need to service that growth.  At RSAW we focus on large and small industrial electric motor repair, storage and sales to keep our customer’s operations and factories r ...

At RSAW we know that our customers motor needs are continuously changing.  As such we’re continuously improving our capabilities for your benefit.  Did you know that our 16’ x 12’ steel bedplate for motor testing is the largest in the Southeast?  This is just one of a series of innovations we’ve introduced for our customers. 

When it comes to your motors, knowing the difference between good and bad customer service experiences and outcomes is important.  This blog post explores each of those scenarios, and ultimately what we call the Alpha Through Omega of Customer Service.  If you are not sure what customer service attributes to look for in a motor repair, service, sales, or storage partner you can find out more here.

It is common knowledge to those involved in the electric motor storage business that maintenance philosophies and procedures vary.  But getting it right isn’t that complicated.  Here are four key variables that EASA and our own Carick “Joe” Howard found when looking at seven different motor manufacturers and the similarities and differences from each source.   They are environment, moisture protection, bearing maintenance, and insulation.