SN Tech Inc., a manufacturer of electronically commutated electric motors,
announced that it has collaborated with
ElectroCraft Arkansas Inc. in order to produce an energy-efficient “green” motor at ElectroCraft’s Searcy manufacturing facility.
According to sources, sixty percent of all electricity generated in the
United States is used by electric motors. However, 10 percent of electric motors installed in residential heating and air conditioning systems “HVACR” are energy efficient.
According to SN Tech and ElectroCraft’s estimation, over 62 million residential HVAC motors are either 8 years or older than that and will soon need to be replaced.
To address this power issue, SN Tech joined hands with ElectroCraft to produce a super efficient “Green” motor.
Shannon Bard, CEO of SN Tech said in a press release that the new electronically commutated motor “ECM” has a level of efficiency that exceeds 90 percent. In addition, ECM also costs less to produce, is more durable and has also successfully penetrated the market.
Bard added that the combination of SN Tech’s patented motor technology and ElectroCraft’s motor manufacturing experience will yield the highest efficient EC motor. Additionally, the partnership represents the only domestically manufactured EC motor on the market.
According to a release, the initial products that will be available this fall will be produced at ElectroCraft and will be one-fourth to one-horsepower motors for the residential market which. The company has plans to roll-out two to five-horsepower motors for the commercial market in late 2011 or early 2012.
According to the release, the technology used in creating these energy-efficient motors was developed in South Korea, where SN Tech has a manufacturing facility.
“ElectroCraft is very pleased to partner with SN Tech in this effort to bring this new energy-efficient technology to Arkansas and the world,” said James Elsner, president of ElectroCraft Inc. “We believe there is a huge opportunity with these green motors and we are proud to be part of this leading edge technology. Much credit goes out to Doug Cook, plant manager for our Arkansas operation, for having the foresight and diligence in developing this close relationship with SN Tech. Both ElectroCraft and SN Tech spent many months working to arrive at this important milestone.”
Ronald W. Hart, a member of the SN Tech board of directors, said, “Everyone wants to decrease their electricity usage by 50 percent and feel that they contributed to the green movement, our motors will help accomplish this. More importantly, we are creating green jobs in the U.S.”
Both the companies will hire about 55 new employees.
Jayashree Adkoli is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Jayashree's articles, please visit her columnist page.Edited by
Marisa Torrieri
