Motor Summit 2021 Switzerland: call for abstracts

The Motor Summit Switzerland is a well-established national conference that brings together experts, researchers, manufacturers, and representatives of industrial users, as well as government and educational institutions. It provides a platform for the direct exchange of

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EEMODS 2021: conference moved to 3-5 May 2022

With the Covid-19 emergency continuing to affect the world the 12th edition of the “International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Motor Driven Systems” is postponed to 3 – 5 May 2022. The conference will be held

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eceee digital Summer Study: call for papers

The eceee 2021 Summer Study will take place digitally this year in June and will be focused on the restart after Covid-19. An opportunity to do things smarter, greener and fairer for all where energy efficiency

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New Zealand joined EMSA

After the European Commission, New Zealand has recently joined the 4E Electric Motor Systems Annex to collaborate on policy and technical issues related to electric motor systems.

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Sweden and the European Commission joined EMSA

The 4E Electric Motor Systems Annex (EMSA) provides a platform for an in-depth technical and policy exchange between members and is a vehicle for collaborative projects. Some of its research results are made publicly available. Up

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China to set IE3 as minimum requirement for motors

China updated the draft for the crucial GB 18613 “Minimum allowable values of energy efficiency and values of efficiency grade for motors” with the future motor efficiency requirements. The minimum requirement for 3-phase asynchronous motors between 120 W and 1000 kW will be set at IE3. The formal introduction date has not been set.

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EU introduces new motor and converter MEPS from 2021

The European Union published on 25 October 2019 the result of the revision of the Commission Regulation (EC) 640/2009 for electric motors. The new Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 will require minimum requirements for a wider scope of motors (0.12 kW – 1000 kW), will also include 8-pole motors and will abolish the former requirement of an IE2 motor plus a converter instead of IE3. Also, maximum losses for converters between 0.12 kW and 1000 kW at IE2 are requested. From 2023, IE4 will be required for motors between 75 kW and 200 kW.

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