Bill Colton 
Baldor Electric Co. 
Commerce, California 
Technical Services Committee Member 

Today’s cost of energy has become a major consideration in most businesses. This is certainly true of EASA service centers as it is with most industry. We are all trying to find ways to make our facilities more efficient to either become more competitive, or gain greater profits – perhaps both. 

One of the tools that may make an EASA facility more attractive to potential customers is the ability to put a motor under load or even tested to a specified load. 
This is often done with a dyna­mometer. A dynamometer is defined as a device for measuring mechani­cal power, especially one that measures the output or driving torque of a rotating machine. 

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