Baldor has released a new grade of electric motors for ‘dirty duty’ applications. They feature a range of protection measures that will withstand severe and corrosive applications in the processing industry, and intense high-pressure washdown. The DirtyDutyWD motor range features a new exterior surface coating that is bonded to its steel frame, and to the cast-iron endplates, conduit box, lid and base. The coating is impervious to high pressures, extreme temperatures and caustic chemicals that can deteriorate painted motor components. These motors feature a stainless-steel shaft extension , a non-contact, non-metallic rotating labyrinth shaft seal, four stainless-steel threaded drain plugs in each endplate, a copper magnet wire with an extra coating of epoxy slurry and a gasketed and sealed conduit box and lid.
