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By: Greg Carter
Electrical Motor Control Parts: REPCO Greatest Stories Ever Told
To end the year, we’ve dug up and summarized some of our favorite electrical contact and carbon brush "help" articles from the archives with links back to the original article for easy reference.
By: Greg Carter
Carbon Brushes for Reliance Motors, Electrical Contacts for ABB Motor Controls, Contactor Shunt Offerings
REPCO stocks replacement brushes for Reliance DC variable-speed motors, generators and drives to keep these motors humming.
By: David Howard
Supporting electrical distributors in every region across the U.S.
Across the United States from the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West, and Northwest Repco supplies and supports electrical distributors. It’s why our replacement electrical contacts, carbon brushes, and coils are found coast to coast
By: Greg Carter
General Electric Contactor and Starter Contact Kit Replacements
REPCO stocks a complete line of replacement electrical contacts for General Electric contactors and motor starters. Replacements are stocked for General Electric contact series.
By: David Howard
Electric motors and controls keep robotic palletizers stacking
Modern factories wisely seek out process improvement in all aspects of production. It saves time, money, and in the case of stacking products onto pallets, it prevents repetitive stress on workers. Mechanized palletizers were invented in the late 1940s.
By: David Howard
Will the use of a non-OEM electrical contact or carbon brush void my warranty?
If the unit is out of warranty, then there is no warranty to void by using a competitive replacement product that is less expensive than the original manufacturer’s part.
By: David Howard
Steel Scrap Recycling via Electric Arc Furnace
Steel recycling has been going on for over a century and a half. Recycled steel has many advantages. Because recycled steel loses very little of it’s physical properties it’s often more affordable to recycle than to produce new steel from mined ore.
By: David Howard
Shipments of Motors Improved in Q4 of 2012
A recent article by EC&M reported NEMA’s Motors Shipments Index showed an increase of 6.5% over the previous quarter. This is a good indicator after a precipitous drop from Q2 to Q3 in motor shipments in 2012.
By: David Howard
U.S. Exports of Industrial Machinery Expected to Grow
Improvements in the United States manufacturing sector always increases the demand for new and replacement parts. Manufacturing lines need maintenance and refurbishment while new products drive an increase for new components.
By: David Howard
Cement Manufacturers Reliance On Electrical Control
Manufacturing cement is an intensive mechanical process relying on large, heavy-duty machinery. It all starts at the mining operation. Limestone and other ingredients are extracted and transported to the cement plant.
By: David Howard
Global demand for cranes, shifting but steady
The September 2012 issue of International Cranes and Special Transport includes several articles discussing regional slowdowns in crane demand - though it’s not all bad news. It’s an excellent interview worth a quick read...
By: David Howard
Consolidation among motor control manufacturers makes Repco an attractive partner
In the motor control business significant consolidation has occurred over the past decades. Control OEMs have been bought, sold, merged, or cease to exist. The end result, for customers, is that there are fewer manufacturers today.
By: David Howard
Electrical distributors help keep manufacturing going
Because most electrical distributors offer a vast selection of products together with a large standing inventory and competitive prices, they are a single-source provider end-users can rely on for quick turnaround.
By: David Howard
Why are mechanical motor starters still used?
The simple answer is they work well. And in some scenarios mechanical starters offer better performance or are the better option. In high voltage operations they offer superior performance and reliability.
By: David Howard
Repco is a National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) Associate Member
Repco, Inc. has been a proud associate member of NAED since 2000. Repco stands for replacement electrical parts company. They manufacturer and supply replacement electrical contacts, control coils and carbon brushes.
By: David Howard
In a down economy replacement electrical parts are affordably appealing
When your department is asked to examine costs and to work within a smaller budget, every purchase decision becomes a cost/benefit analysis. Even motor and control systems, which are critical, must cut costs - which means considering replacement parts.
By: David Howard
Motor controls driving your local car wash
There is significant electrical maintenance performed at car washes to help keep things operating smoothly. Electrical contractors depend upon their local electrical wholesaler to have the right products on the shelf for those quick repairs.
By: David Howard
Just-in-time inventory for replacement electrical contacts, contact kits, carbon brushes, and motor control coils.
Repco manufactures and sells replacement electrical contacts, kits, carbon brushes, and motor control coils for dozens of control manufacturers. Our replacement parts span 100s of current and obsolete series and suppliers.
By: David Howard
About Electrical Contacts
Let’s begin with the basics about contacts. It’s also called a tip, point, finger, wedge, button and segment.
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