[Webinar] Motor Systems Services in 2024

This session elaborates on the diverse range of services provided by EASA members, addressing the challenges, opportunities, and emerging trends within the industry. Explore the enduring significance of repair and maintenance services, alongside advancements in sustainability practices such as motor recycling. Discover the ongoing progress of EASA Accreditation on Energy Efficiency and Reliability, shaping the landscape of industry standards.

Date & Time

12 June 2024; 15:00 - 16:00 CET

Speakers

• Frédéric Beghain, EASA
• Bjørn Eirik Mjåtveit, EASA

Recordings

Presentation (PDF)

You can download the slide deck at the bottom of this page.

Highlights

• EASA is the association of repair and maintenance providers for motors and rotating machines: 1800 service companies from 80 countries. An increasing number of suppliers, including major OEMs, are becoming active members.
• Knowledge & expertise hub for the sector: permanent helpdesk, specific training & support, knowledge sharing activities, database with 300,000 motors, technical manuals, and online tools.
• Representation in standardization bodies: IEC, IECEx, IEEE. Developed their own EASA accreditation on energy efficiency and reliability (see below). Network organization: yearly congress and many other networking events.
• Services offered by the sector are evolving and adapting to new challenges from end-consumers. The traditional focus on electric motor repair remains but is expanding to cover the full motor or drivetrain system, other types of mechanical repairs (gearboxes, generators, welding), and electronics (drives & control, transformers, circuit breakers, etc.).
• Predictive maintenance services are gaining importance in the industry's portfolio, shifting labour skill needs from purely mechanical engineering to include electrical testing engineering as the sector evolves and adapts to new markets.
• Emerging trends within the industry: expertise is broadening from traditional skills to include more "white collar" workers (e.g., data scientists, mathematicians, modelling engineers), and there is more attention to certification of services.
• New service developments include substitution (replacement of chemicals), energy efficiency, upgrade design and lifetime extension, procurement, recycling, and re-use.
• Motors up to 40kW (in some countries even 160kW) are replaced rather than repaired. Motor repair benefits include short lead times, limited production losses, better integration with existing systems, and lower budget. Motor replacement is preferred when a higher energy efficiency class can be used (IEC motors are dimensionally interchangeable).
• Energy savings are not a top priority in plant operation. The top five goals are reducing equipment downtime, improving productivity, improving safety, reducing overhead costs, and improving quality. Energy saving is only ranked sixth, with adopting more environmentally friendly/sustainable practices ranked eighth.
• EASA Standard AR100-2020 (recommended practice for the repair of rotating electrical apparatus) was developed, along with a workshop accreditation program for the industries, based on best practices to improve motor efficiency, reliability, and performance, with 23 categories and 70 criteria elements (not a paper exercise; based on real workshop visits).
• Motor recycling: smaller motors usually not dismantled (electrical scrap), for larger motors copper is usually recycled. Technologies and services to increase recycling rate of copper (and other metals) from motors are fast evolving.