Electric Motor Repair

Repair Services and Features

JCI Industries is committed to provide one source for your repair needs. To accomplish this, we staff a full line motor repair shop, specializing in the maintenance and repair of low and medium voltage electric motors regardless of the make or model. Our shop foreman, technicians, and sales engineers all average over 25 years experience in the motor industry. Collectively our expertise is unmatched in the Midwest. Together with full engineering support and a comprehensive quality control program, these skilled technicians will reduce your downtime and operating costs.

JCI motor shop can provide expedited 24/7/365 emergency service along with on-site testing and preventative maintenance programs like MMP. Motor Management Program (MMP) consists of safe storage for critical spares, monthly rotation of each shaft, megger test of each motor, and documentation of findings. Reporting on all motors in MMP is available upon request. JCI continually invests in new technologies, such as PdMA®, to benefit our customers. PdMA® technology enables more proactive preventive maintenance during scheduled downtimes for our customers, who then avoid higher rush and emergency repair cost due to motor failure in the future.

JCI has standardized the use of inverter duty wire and insulation materials. This assures that all rewinds are compatible for use with Variable Frequency Drives. JCI provides AC/DC motor repair for fractional through 1500 horsepower motors, including: pump motors, brake motors, and slip ring motors. We consistently keep over 2,000 motors in stock. This on-hand inventory allows us to quickly address your motor needs. JCI is UL certified to repair explosion-proof motors for hazardous locations and is a member of the Electrical Apparatus Service Association.

Use of OEM Parts
One-Year Warranty on Complete Rebuilds
24 Hour Emergency Repair Available
Field Service for on-site testing, alignment and vibration recording
AC & DC Motor Repair
- Standard Use of Inverter Duty Wire and Class H insulation materials
- Fractional through 1500 horsepower motors
Slip Ring Motors
Brush Shifting Motors
Generators
Gearbox Repair
Turn-key Installation
Start-Up
Reverse Dial & Laser Alignment
Field Balancing
Fabrication
20 Ton Lifting Capacity
Modifications & Redesigns
Dynamic Balancing
Test Documentation Available
UL Authorized Repair Facility
- Repair explosion-proof motors for hazardous
locations
FM Explosion Proof (Class 1, Division 1) Certified Repair and Service of Flygt submersible pumps and motors.
EASA Member
EASA Accredited
On-Hand Inventory of over 2,000 motors

Related Services

Motor Management Program

JCI provides on-site testing and preventative maintenance programs like Motor Management Program (MMP). This program consists of safe storage for critical spares, monthly rotation of each shaft, megger test of each motor, and documentation of findings. Reporting on all motors in MMP is available upon request.

Motor Test Systems

JCI’s in-house testing with the Phenix Technologies high power motor test equipment that perform testing of all types of motors up to 10,000 HP motors:

AC and DC motors
Traction motors
Medium or low voltage motors
Induction motors
Shunt, Compound & Series Wound motors

Preventative Maintenance & Conditioning Monitoring; PdMA®

JCI continually invests in new technologies, such as PdMA®, to benefit our customers. PdMA technology enables more proactive preventive maintenance during scheduled downtimes for our customers, who then avoid higher rush and emergency repair cost due to motor failure in the future.

Schedule JCI’s portable, PDMA MCE —offline tester to your location to monitor and trend the condition of AC induction, synchronous, wound rotor, and DC motors and their circuits and evaluate the following:

CABLES AND POWER CIRCUIT

Defective Power Factor PF correction capacitors
Verify the severity of a high resistance connection at:
- Local disconnect
- Starter
- Motor connection box
Defective cabling
- Different size conductors
Defective contact surfaces;
- Loose, oxidized or corroded terminal connections
Cables & Power Circuit accounts for 46% of faults leading to reduction of motor efficiency

INCOMING POWER QUALITY

Voltage Quality (imbalance)
Current Quality (imbalance)
Crest Factor
Over/Under Voltage
Efficiency

EVALUATE GROUND INSULATION

Excess Heat
Brittle / Deterioration
Moisture/Contamination
Abrasion

STATOR

Turn-Turn Fault
Phase-Phase Fault
Faulty Connections within motor
Core Loss
Insulation for shorts/opens

ROTOR

Porosity
Defective Rotor Iron
Laminating Damage
Rotor cage for breaks and shorted iron

AIR GAP

Warped or Bowed Rotor
Cocked End Bells
Misalignment
Soft Foot
Air gap for symmetry or eccentricity

PDMA CASE STUDY – KANSAS CITY, MO

JCI performed PdMA motor circuit test on a 75 HP PD Blower Package motor that was tripping out at the Fishing River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Kansas City, Missouri.

Summary
Misdiagnosis caught with PdMA testing.
Unnecessary motor replacement avoided.

Problem
The 75 HP motor had continued trips of the circuit breaker. Repeated operation resulted in breaker trips. The blower system was within the contractors warranty and resolution of the motors tripping was required.

Looking for the Root Cause
Initial efforts concluded that the fault was in the motor. Once notified of the situation, JCI meggered the motor and performed other tests to test the condition of the motor. JCI used a PdMA tester to verify the condition of the motor. The test indicated that both the motor and power circuit were in good condition with no apparent faults. The PdMA report determined the motor’s insulation system, power circuit and stator winding to be in good health. However, the Power Circuit Check revealed inferior wiring motor connection inside the motor junction box. JCI repaired the motor connection and the motor has not tripped since this was corrected.

Savings
JCI used off-line testing to verify the sound condition of the motor and power circuit. The savings from this action were substantial considering removal, installation and motor replacement expenses were prevented. Additionally, costly down time resulting from a misdiagnosis was avoided with the availability of the blower for the aeration of sludge for land application.

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