Wood's device used 4 fractional horsepower motors; connected through a series of gears.

The move is seen as an extension of Fasco's existing business in fractional horsepower motors and blowers.

On it were recorded the movements of a master machinist turning out a shaft for a fractional horsepower motor.

Sixty-nine per cent of its fractional horsepower motors!

The development of fractional horsepower motors however would not have taken place without the push toward urban, and later rural, electrification, using alternating current.

This research service provides comprehensive forecasts for the total North American fractional horsepower motor market till 2017 with 2010 as the base year.

Fractional horsepower motors are used across a wide range of industries and applications for a variety of motion and compression needs.

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Fractional horsepower motor, an electric motor with a rated output power of less than 1HP (746 watts)

All of these are centrifugal pumps, driven by AC electric motors known as fractional horsepower motors.

The acquired business is a leading designer and manufacturer of fractional horsepower motors and components for the commercial refrigeration and freezer markets.

This research service identifies the key trends, industry challenges, market drivers and restraints and competitive structure of the North American fractional horsepower motors market.

Aluminum, because of its lower electrical conductivity, may be an alternate material in fractional horsepower motors, especially when the motors are used for very short durations.

The GEC Alsthom business, which has assets of about £28m, specialises in the manufacture of industrial and fractional horsepower motors.

Bodine Electric CompanyThe Bodine Electric Company has been producing fractional horsepower motors, gearmotors, and motion controls for over 90 years.

VLN's Leece-Neville divisions supplied heavy-duty alternators and related equipment to the automotive industry, and fractional horsepower motors for automotive and industrial customers.

In 1997, they acquired UPPCO, Inc., making A.O Smith the world's leading manufacturer of C-frame sub fractional horsepower motors.

Local industries include Parvalux Electric Motors on Wallisdown Road, the UK's largest fractional horsepower motor manufacturer, next to cosmetics and healthcare giant Procter & Gamble.

Along with fractional horsepower motors for electric powered refrigerators, artificial ice was also created so that households no longer needed to call their local "iceman" to deliver their block of ice to their homes.

Speed of these motors is changed by switching sets of poles on or off, which was done with a special motor starter for larger motors, or a simple multiple speed switch for fractional horsepower motors.

Parvalux Electric Motors - the UK's largest manufacturer of OEM bespoke and general purpose fractional horsepower motors; owned by the Clark Group of Companies, based in Bournemouth (founded 1947)