electric motor prices

A faded 11 kW motor sits on a dealer's bench at an industrial estate. The seller plugs it in, it spins up quietly, and the asking price is less than half of a new one. Many used-mo... More Details

A buyer sends the same enquiry to three suppliers: "4 × 15 kW motors, please quote." A week later three prices arrive for three different products: a 2-pole IE3, a 4-pole IE4 and a... More Details

Two quotations land on the purchasing desk. Both are for a 15 kW, 4-pole, 400 V, foot-mounted motor, yet one costs noticeably more than the other. Purchasing wants to know why they... More Details

A proforma invoice usually arrives with a payment request attached: approve it, pay the advance, and the motor goes into production or onto the truck. That is exactly the moment to... More Details

On the capital budget for a new production line, motors often take up a single row: "electric motors, 42 units". As the project moves on, that row grows. Drive-rated motors added l... More Details

A machine builder writing the spec for a new packaging line types, out of habit, "IP65, class H, PTC, heater, special colour". The line will sit in a closed, dry hall with a stable... More Details

Monday morning, the fan motor on a cooling tower burns out. The maintenance manager has two options: send it for rewinding or buy a new one. Rewinding takes days. A new motor can b... More Details

“How much is this motor?” has no single answer. But if you divide the price by the motor’s power, an interesting picture appears: on a small motor every kilowatt costs much more, w... More Details