The Basics of Motor Selection

Motor selection is often a complicated process that takes a lot of work with various vendors. Groschopp engineers share knowledge and expertise about the motor selection process. Focusing on four broad motor types, care is taken to evaluate the characteristics, advantages, and drawbacks of each. Critical considerations include: power source, environment, motor specifications, and motor performance. These considerations will provide designers with direction in regards to gathering the specifications for the application as well as the characteristics that each motor possesses. With that knowledge designers can more easily match a motor type with an application.