Rich Shaefer, Senior Product Manager for Adjustable Speed and Specialty Motors at Baldor, recently discussed the future of energy efficiency in electric motors and the role efficiency has to play in manufacturing. With full acknowledgement to Baldor, we have included a link to the art

MEPS, an acronym for Minimum Energy Performance Standards, were introduced at the turn of the 21st century by the Australian and New Zealand governments to cover a wide range of electrical equipment.   For electric motors, a rating of MEPS 1 came into effect in October 2001, whilst th