Menzel Motors: Replicas and replacements of industrial electric motors

The replication of electric motors that are no longer available today is one of the tailored drive solutions of MENZEL Elektromotoren. Frequently, a certain electric motor is produced for a specific application. If this motor needs to be replaced, a practically identical motor is required. We can precisely replicate your electric motor so that the new motor is 100% suited to your plant.

If you are looking for no more available three-phase asynchronous motors from manufacturers such as Siemens or ABB, we can replicate them at our modern and extensively equipped Berlin location.

Our engineering department is ideally prepared for the task of replacing existing motors with new replicas. The replication of an electric motor by MENZEL avoids high on-site conversion costs and long downtimes. In addition, there is no need to make changes to your production plants, which avoids the frequently significant consequences of such modifications.

Naturally, our replicas comply with all valid standards and regulations.

Power range for individual replicas of industrial motors

MENZEL offers a range of possibilities for custom replicas of industrial motors in the low-voltage, medium-voltage, high-voltage, and direct current ranges. We can individually replace practically any electric motor with a replica. A precise analysis of the situation and of your actual requirements enable us to select the best and most cost-effective variant for you.

Three-phase asynchronous squirrel cage motors from 75 kW to 25000 kW
Three-phase asynchronous slip ring motors from 75 kW to 15000 kW
Direct current motors from 20 kW to 2000 kW
Various mountings
All protection classes and cooling methods
For grid and converter operation

Reproductions of existing drives are used throughout all industrial sectors. MENZEL has already replaced numerous drive machines with an equivalent replica. This includes industrial motors for mills, fans, pumps, cranes, compressors, compactors, extruders, rolling mills, and all other types of industrial motor.

Through the use of modern components when reproducing motors, we can significantly increase the efficiency of your plant. Just ask our engineers about increasing the efficiency of your industrial plants.

MENZEL can reproduce historic electric motors. This allows you to continue to use your old production plants without problems even if the drives currently installed are no longer produced or otherwise available today. We can make you an identical replacement!

Today, industrial plants reach a significantly older age than was originally planned for. This is due to sophisticated designs, permanent operating data monitoring, and extensive servicing measures. However, individual parts of an otherwise still fully functional industrial plant repeatedly need to be replaced. In the case of an electric motor outside the IEC standard range, you then require a manufacturer who can identically reproduce the electric motors of the most varied of model ranges and brands.

MENZEL specializes in the reproduction of historic drives, regardless of whether these are three-phase asynchronous motors or direct current motors. Due to our many years of market experience and extensive archives, we are able to reproduce older machines of all brands. We simply require the dimensions and motor data of your old motor.

If tailored customer-specific electric motors are installed in your production plant, a precise replacement is often not available from stock. In such cases, MENZEL can offer identical replicas.

We simply require the existing motor data and dimensioned drawings - and off we go! This allows you to replace existing drives with 1:1 copies of your tailored electric motors.

Replica of a slip ring motor with pipe connection

Welding work on the replica of a slip ring motor

Most squirrel cage and slip-ring motors that leave our plant in Germany are special adaptation specimens – for example motors that are no longer being produced by large companies such as Siemens, or ABB. Typically, these are motors that are electrically and mechanically identical to older models.

Your advantages with us

DIN EN ISO 9001
certified

Experts for industrial motors
Up to 13,800 V

Custom design
and individual adaptations

24h emergency service
Short delivery times

Own manufacturing facilities
in Germany

Worldwide locations
and excellent partners

A replica of an electric motor saves time and money

The reproduction of an electric motor is nowhere near as expensive as often feared. Thanks to our experience in the reproduction of electric motors, we can use a range of standard components which are then modified in line with the customer's requirements. This saves you money and makes the cost of a replica more affordable.

As a rule, replica electric motors can be placed onto the old foundation and directly connected up without requiring any changes to your plant. This removes the need for costly changes during the assembly and commissioning phases, which saves further time and money.

The advantages of electric motor replicas

Thanks to the identical design of our electric motor replicas, on-site replacement is possible without mechanical work and without changing the control electronics. In detail, the advantages of replicas are as follows:

There is no (or very little) influence on the electronic control or monitoring of the plant.
Unforeseeable risks involved in the use of new electric motors with other parameters are avoided.
We can provide loss-optimized replicas with increased efficiency in order to improve the performance of industrial plants.

No modifications (or only very slight modifications) to your production plants or foundation are required at your site.
This keeps setup times to a minimum.
They are ideal for reserve machines, since in the case of a failure, easy replacement can be carried out, particularly if several identical electric motors run in the plant that can all be replaced by a tailored replica.