Motor Management Defined

Motor Management is often improperly defined.  In this blog we define the term.

The term motor management is often confused with motor inventory management, testing, or energy efficiency.  Many of the ‘motor management’ programs offered by motor repair shops and specialty companies are actually spare inventory systems or trade-in programs.  While these reduce the carrying costs of inventory, the generally benefit the provider and not the equipment owner as much as is possible with true motor management programs that could be defined as ‘motor system maintenance and management.’

Definition: Motor System Maintenance and Management is the philosophy of continuous improvement of all aspects of the motor system from incoming power to the driven load.  It involves all components of energy, maintenance, inventory, and reliability from system cradle to grave.

In far too many cases, people take one or two components of a program, such as inventory or testing, and set their goals from that.  The problem is that the full range of benefits, which are often the lion share of the maintenance budget and potential business improvements, are not realized when the goals are so limited.

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Author: Electrical Motor Diagnostics 2nd Edition