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Motor products

Baldor Electric (Ft. Smith, AR) has added products to its Washdown Duty line. Available are the Three-Phase Inverter Drive® and Vector Drive® motors in 1 through 10 HP in NEMA frames 143TC through 256TC.

Pw 24482 Bal Ele Ft Smi 25

Also new are the washdown duty flanged worm gear reducers from 1/6 to 5 HP.

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