Part 1 in a series of articles on motor control design starts with an introduction to motors and controllers. Electric motors consume almost half of the electricity produced worldwide. They, in fact, ...

Motor control, particularly frequency-controlled drives, is a technology that has advanced quickly in recent years as a result of the widespread use of motors in a variety of applications and the ...

The 2026 National Electrical Code (NEC) introduces a significant shift in electrical design by prioritizing real-time power ...

A new type of device provides designers of automated installations for North America with performance, cost, and safety benefits. Industrial machinery and equipment system designs typically rely on ...

Electrical engineering is the study and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. In simple terms, it is about understanding how electricity works in order to use the knowledge ...

It is a common practice to lockout and/or tagout control devices. In a nuclear power plant’s control room with its many analog controls, you might (for example) see red covers over specific switches.

From Colorado to Washington, from Ohio to Pennsylvania, coal-fired power plants are shutting down. The United States is on track to retire half of its capacity to generate electricity from coal by ...

As technology continues its ever-changing wave of innovations and updates, engineers must strive to stay ahead of electrical engineering trends. Why? Because the future of electronics influences ...

THE electric power engineer will find much in this book that will be of value to him. As electrical stations increase in size, the amount and the cost of the requisite switchgear increase very rapidly ...