{"id":2495,"date":"2013-02-01T19:22:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T19:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staged.engineerlive.com\/2013\/02\/01\/24122\/"},"modified":"2013-02-01T19:22:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T19:22:02","slug":"24122","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineerlive.com\/24122\/","title":{"rendered":"Diverting shaft currents away from the bearings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Inpro\/Seal Current Diverter Ring and Motor Grounding Sea divert harmful shaft currents away from the bearings to ground<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nWith energy costs on the rise, energy efficient technologies have become a primary focus across multiple industries. As a result, the use of variable frequency drives (VFDs) has increased significantly due to their ability to effectively match motor speeds to load requirements&ndash; making them more energy efficient and able to generate significant energy cost savings.<\/p>\n<p>While VFD systems provide many benefits, they can also contribute to unplanned downtime. By their nature, VFD systems induce high frequency voltages that travel down the shaft seeking a path to ground. These harmful shaft currents will discharge through the motor&rsquo;s bearings or the bearings of coupled equipment, damaging the bearings and leading to premature bearing failure and expensive downtime.<\/p>\n<p>Various shaft-grounding methods have been developed in an attempt to protect the bearings from premature failure. The latest development in shaft grounding technology is the Inpro\/Seal Current Diverter Ring&shy; (CDR).<\/p>\n<p>Utilising proprietary conductive filaments, the CDR safely diverts shaft currents away from the bearings by providing a low impedance path to ground &ndash; extending equipment life and decreasing maintenance. The Inpro\/Seal Motor Grounding Seal (MGS) is designed for total bearing protection on severe duty applications; this unique technology protects against stray shaft currents and harmful contamination ingress.<\/p>\n<p>Enter &radic; at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engineerlive\/ede\">www.engineerlive\/ede<\/a><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Inpro\/Seal. Rock Island, IL, US or Glasgow, UK. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inpro-seal.com\">www.inpro-seal.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Inpro\/Seal Current Diverter Ring and Motor Grounding Sea divert harmful shaft currents away from the bearings to ground<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[21],"tags":[79,250,261],"class_list":["post-2495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-design","tag-design","tag-drives","tag-inproseal"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineerlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineerlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineerlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineerlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineerlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/engineerlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineerlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineerlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineerlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineerlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}