How To Get The Most From Your Electric Motors Table 2. NEMA Torque Designs For Three-Phase Motors [Design [Torque [Torque | Gurren |Stip Elengy B |70-275n° | 75-3005 |co0-700% |asse | Mesum ortigh Applications: Fars, blowers, cei pungs and conpressrs, moi eter sets el. where stating lore eorements te retaivey lw | 200-250% [wo 2as%° [coo 700% [1s% edu Applications: Convers, crushers, stg agtaos, eapeocaing pumps and compressors, whet lari under lads requred. D [aK ie o0-700% ]5- 8% Wea Applications: 1igh peak atswth orwthout fywhees, suchas punch press, sears, evar, exr2cos winches, Rost, l-nel pumping, and wie-aawing, machines. ‘Based on NEMA Siandards MG 10, Table 2-INEMA Design A a aration of Design twin higher locked rotor cure. ‘Higher values are for motors having lower horsepower ratings. 1 Continuous Duty Motors. Continuous duty motors should not be used In applications that require frequent staring or reversing unless special provisions are made. These motors must be allowed to run long enough alter each start to dissipate the heat that bullds up as about six to elght times rated full-lad current passes through the windings during the starting period. i Allowable Number Of Motor Starts. The inertia of the load, motor horsepower and speed (poles) determine the allowable number of times per hour a motor may be started (NEMA MG 1-1998, 12.55). Table 3 (Page II) indicates the number of starts per hour and the minimum rest cor “off tne” between starts for a number of common motor ratings. Its based on starting at rated voltage and frequency, with a load Wk? and torque within limits shown in Table 4 (Page 12).