Starters and contactors are key ingredients in the process of starting equipment in a mine. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Starters and contactors are motor-starting devices. Used mining applications large ...

has partnered with Fuji Electric to carry Fuji’s DUO series line of motor contactors, overload relays, and manual motor starters (MMS), as well as their Odyssey line of large contactors and overloads ...

Figure 1. Three-phase (three-pole) electromagnetic across-the-line motor-starters. Three-pole (three-phase) electromagnetic motor-starters (Figure 1) are commonly used to control integral-horsepower ...

Relays and contactors use a variety of technologies to switch signals and power connections. Many devices called relays use similar techniques and topologies, but the terminology can be confusing.

Self-protecting starters (SPSs) were first introduced to the U. Self-protecting starters (SPSs) were first introduced to the U.S. in 1987. However, SPSs have been used internationally for several ...

Safety is a major concern in a good many motor-driven applications. This is true in industrial applications where motion starts when power is applied and especially true when power is restored after ...