Industrial motors
Spec the right motor. Source it in hours.
AC induction, DC permanent-magnet, servo, stepper, and gear motors live across Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Baldor, Yaskawa, Oriental Motor, Bodine, Moog, and Kollmorgen — and a single kW / encoder / backlash mismatch on a replaced motor strands a line while the bench re-verifies the rating. Specsmith reads the motor body — frame, encoder orientation, gearbox backlash — lands the verified MPN with form factor + rating, and closes the procurement loop on a verified in-stock supplier before the shift change.
The procurement problem
01kW + rating mismatch across replacements
A 1.5 kW IEC-frame induction driven by a 0.4 kW PowerFlex 4M drive spec, and a 1.5 kW replacement motor spec, both read as 'AC induction 1.5 kW' on a paper list — but the IEC frame size, the flange mount, and the encoder cutout all diverge. Specsmith reads the motor body and pins kW + frame + flange from the photo, so the procurement list collapses to the verified MPN with the same footprint instead of three near-misses that look interchangeable on paper.
02Encoder orientation + feedback mismatch
Servo and stepper MPNs are differentiated by encoder orientation (radial vs axial), ppr count, and feedback cable length. A 24-bit Sigma-5 servo replaced with a 17-bit encoder and a different cable gland strands the line for a shift while the bench sources the matching connector. Specsmith reads the encoder body and pins the feedback spec from the photo, so a re-spec lands the encoder the panel was wired for.
03Gearbox backlash + frame mismatch
Gearmotors and right-angle drives carry a backlash spec (arc-min) and a frame / shaft-mount pattern that varies per vendor. A NEMA 17 / planetary gearbox replaced with a NEMA 23 / right-angle housing strands a label cell for a shift while the team sources a different bracket. Specsmith reads the gearbox output and pins the backlash + frame from the photo, so the next replacement lands with the same mechanical carry-over.
Product preview
Photo of the motor → MPN + frame + in-stock supplier in <2s.
The same Identify workflow that runs the homepage, pinned to industrial motors — read the motor body, land the verified MPN with frame + encoder orientation + gearbox, and route a verified supplier with stock today.
Commonly sourced motors
Six to eight motor SKUs procurement reaches for every week — each card links into the live /catalog page.
Procurement + maintenance teams on Specsmith
What motor sourcing and service crews say.
We collapsed a twelve-MPN motor list into four verified SKUs after Specsmith pinned the kW + frame + encoder from photos. The next reorder closed in a day instead of a week.
A 1.5 kW IEC induction that we'd back-ordered for six weeks showed up as in-stock at an EU warehouse within a minute of dropping the motor photo. The line came back online before the shift change.
Specsmith caught a servo replacement where the encoder cutout didn't match the cable gland. The correct 24-bit Sigma-5 landed inside the day, before the panel could go live with the wrong feedback wiring.
Stop hunting the right motor by hand.
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