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New motor for Zambian copper mine

Marthinusen & Coutts, a division of Actom, recently completed the rebuild of a 6,550kW two-pole 11,000V squirrel cage induction blower motor for a copper mine in Zambia

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The fully rebuilt motor

The fully rebuilt motor

According to Rob Melaia, engineering and technical executive at Marthinusen & Coutts, the motor had suffered a rotor failure which caused collateral and associated damage to the stator and also considerable...

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