1/4 HP AC motor with CE declaration of conformity 3

[PaulKraemer]

Hi,

I am in the USA (New Jersey), and I am looking for a 1/4 HP 230 VAC asynchronous motor with a 56C face that is CE compliant. For this project, I have to submit my electrical bill of materials to consultants we have hired to verify CE compliance. For every active component, they require a CE declaration of conformity that covers the current standards. For the last few days, I have had a very difficult time getting declarations of conformity from the motor manufacturers I typically use, including Baldor, Leeson, and Marathon, and up to this point, the ones I have been able to get are out of date. My consultants are looking for a declaration of conformity that covers Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU as well as standards 60034-1 and 60034-5. EMC directive 2014/30/EU would be a plus, but may not be absolutely necessary.

If anyone here can recommend a motor manufacturer that supplies the USA market and is likely to carry 1/4 HP, 230 VAC, 56C face motors with proper CE documentation, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks and best regards,
Paul

 

[waross]

North American motor must comply with ANSI or CSA standards.
CE is a European standard.
It may be time to consider re-evaluating your compliance policy.
If you are selling into Europe, a CE compliance on a 60 Hz motor may not be applicable at 50 Hz.
That may be something for your consultants to evaluate.

Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter

 

[jraef]

Look for a 180W (.18kW) motor from an IEC supplier. It will most likely be 230V 50Hz with a metric shaft and may not exactly mach an NEMA C face hole pattern, so be prepared to adapt.


" We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know." -- W. H. Auden

 

[ScottyUK]

If you're selling into the European motor then fit a European motor. The maintenance guys will curse you if they ever have to replace a NEMA pattern motor over here in Europe.

We've been though this for a few explosion-proof NEMA motors on our site which arrived as part of pumps sourced from the US many years ago: finding an ATEX-certified NEMA motor is difficult to say the least. We eventually bought from Brook motors who sell their W-Series motors into both the North American and European markets. I suspect they can probably help in your application too.

 

[PaulKraemer]

Hi waross, jraef, and ScottyUK,

Thank you for your help. We are used to NEMA because we primarily deal in the USA. It wouldn't be terribly hard for us to switch to european / metric had we thought of this in advance, but being we have already purchased a NEMA gearbox, I was hoping I could find a NEMA motor. I didn't think it would be such a challenge, but it makes sense that if NEMA is primarily used in the USA, manufacturers of NEMA motors would not consider European compliance of very high importance. Anyway, I did find a motor from Brook that whose conformity documentation might have been adequate but was less than ideal according to my consultants. Eventually, I found a motor from Marathon that had a conformity document referencing exactly the standards they were hoping to see. It was a challenge getting this document as it is not readily available on the Marathon (Regal Beloit) website, and it isn't very easy to get an email response or a human on the phone, but I eventually got through and got the info I needed.

I appreciate all of your help.

best regards,
Paul

 

[waross]

Thank you for sharing the outcome with us.

Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter