Definite Purpose AC Motors
Definite purpose ac motors get their name from the defined or specific applications they serve in the market. Regal Rexnord offers a wide variety of these motors across the Century® and LEESON® brands suited for everyday use and operation. Our definite purpose ac motor solutions provide application-specific reliability in a range of enclosures, frame sizes, and horse powers.
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Air Compressor Motors
Our air compressor motors deliver the high starting torque needed in air compressor applications. All our air compressor motors are UL recognized and CSA certified to ensure they are safe for use in a variety of environments.
Automotive Duty Motors
These motors are ideally suited for a wide variety of tough applications found in automotive manufacturing facilities and other industries utilizing U-Frame motors, which would include pumps, conveyors and fans.
Boat Hoist Duty Motors
Stainless steel frames deliver a rugged exterior that protect boat hoist duty motors during operations. These motors are fit with drain holes to ensure proper water runoff.
Convection Oven Motors
These split phase motors offer an ambient temperature of 60°C in order to operate in food environments such as pizza or convection ovens. Automatic reset overload protectors deliver an additional level of protection to the motor, restaurants, and their consumers.
Cooling Tower Motors
Designed for cooling towers, fans, blowers, and severe duty applications, these motors offer long life and ultra-high efficiency.
Elevator Duty Motors
Elevator duty motors cover a range of applications such as elevator hoist, elevator pump, and elevator duty. These are all operations that require constant torque loads to move and transport material, people, and product.
Instant Reversing Motors
These motors are specifically designed motors for use on “instant-reversing” parking gates, doors, slide gates, or other moderate starting torque instant reversing applications. They must be capable of frequent reversing service.
Power Tool Motors
Replacement motors for table saws, planers, lathes, and other equipment found in the woodworking and metalworking trades. These totally enclosed, fan cooled motors are well suited for use in dusty and dirty environments or where wood or metal shavings are present.
Pressure Washer Motors
Pressure washer motors are specially suited for hot or cold pressure washer applications and other single phase installations requiring minimum starting and running amperages.
Unit Handling Motors
Unit and baggage handling, conveyors, packaging equipment machine tools, elevators and door openers where a conduit box at 12:00 position is needed due to mounting size restrictions.