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Powertec produces electric rudder motors
Powertec has produced the first of 12 large brushless (PMAC) motors for the US Navy's DDG1000 stealth destroyer.
News from Engineeringtalk, 3 November 2008
Testing completed on low speed motor
Dynamometer testing completed on high torque, low speed motor that will produce 30kW continuously at 200rev/min.
News from Engineeringtalk, 23 January 2006
Servomotor is passed fit for naval duties
A 1000Nm Powertec servomotor has successfully passed shock and vibration testing for the new US Navy DD(xx) Stealth Destroyer advanced gun system.
News from Engineeringtalk, 13 May 2005
Brushless motors lift blimp in to stratosphere
Powertec brushless motors have been used to power a heavier than air dirigible (blimp) as an unmanned vehicle up to the stratosphere and back, repeating the trip as needed.
News from Engineeringtalk, 3 November 2004
COTS brushless motors save mass and space onboard
The newest DDG class destroyers will have anchor winches powered by large brushless motors made by Powertec Industrial Motors.
News from Engineeringtalk, 15 April 2004
Brushless motors to serve on new aircraft carrier
The newest aircraft carrier now being constructed will have warping winches powered by large brushless motors made by Powertec Industrial Motors.
News from Engineeringtalk, 15 April 2004
Motors power first missile defence antenna
Powertec brushless motors will be the servomotors operating the first operational missile defence radar antenna to be installed in Alaska.
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 March 2003
Possibly the largest brushless servo in the world
Powertec Industrial Motors reckons it has the largest brushless servos available anywhere in the world.
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 March 2002
Direct drive brushless motoravailable up to 400 hp
Powertec Industrial Motors has a new high torque, direct drive brushless motor, the first design being 17 inches in diameter and only 9 inches long, and directly mountable onto a 4.5 inch shaft
News from Engineeringtalk, 18 December 2001
DC motors meet aircraft weight and power demands
Powertec Industrial Motors has received an order for the first prototype of a 100hp brushless DC motor and drive for a high-volume compressor to be used in C-130 aircraft
News from Engineeringtalk, 10 July 2001
The merits of new-technology large motors
Technical advances give Large Brushless Drive Systems significant advantages over conventional DC or AC induction motors, as Ed Lee describes in this article
News from Engineeringtalk, 20 February 2001
Liquid cooled DC motors on cable-laying ships
Soil Machine Dynamics in Newcastle has employed liquid cooled Brushless DC Motors on Fiber Optic cable-laying ships for their benefits on small size, high efficiency, and torque at zero speed
News from Engineeringtalk, 20 February 2001
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