Best Motor Starting Contactor/Starter 4

[foxhoundme]

Who has the best motor starting contactor/starter? I am in the market for a reliable electromechanical motor starter rated at 480V with 22Amps. I researched the following manufacturers such as Square D Company, Allen Bradley, Cutler Hammer, Siemens and General Electric. Can someone provide their best argument for either manufacturer's starter product?

 

[CHDean]

ScottyUK,

All three breakers are the same as you observed. AB and Siemens AG have both bought Westinghouse/Cutler Hammer breakers for many years. Brand labeling for AB started earlier this year, I think they only sold replacements previously. As a former employee of Siemens in the US I never could understand why they didn't market their own product as they own the ITE brand.

 

[afterhrs]

Kitha,
Since I was the only one named, I felt like I was being
misquoted.
No offense taken, I just like keeping the record straight.
I couldn't agree more, this is an excellent fourum.

Best regards,
Afterhrs

 

[PUMPDESIGNER]

Hard to let go of this discussion, off topic or not. Feedback on quality and who makes what is very interesting.

I echo CHDEAN, why don't companies take a little more pride in their own engineers and let them design and build their own products.

ScottyUK - What is "badge engineering"?

PUMPDESIGNER

 

[afterhrs]

Foxhoundme,
Did you ever decide wich contactor you were going to
purchase.


This thread did get off subject, but everyone has an opinion on quality. I am sorry for any inconvience
this may have caused you.

Best regards,
Afterhrs

 

[jbartos]

Suggestion: The original posting is fairly representative what experienced electrical equipment procurers are after. There is nothing new or special about it.

 

[GGOSS]

Hello PUMPDESIGNER,

The term "badge engineering" applies to the private branding of common products. That is, it is not uncommon to find (for example) a single circuit breaker product marketed under several different brand labels.

Regards,
GGOSS

 

[busbar]

dpc posted Oct 1, 2003 “…low voltage MCCs are something of a commodity product in the US…”

I agree with dpc that statement holds in many cases, but sometimes another thing happens. If production loss can be shown to repeatedly be caused by a particular series of components, on some occasions operations people can persist long enough to disqualify those components at the pre-procurement stage. There are plants that sole-source motor-control equipment, for the favored components have historically increases profitability and reduced maintenance costs.