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IDEAL ELECTRIC is an American manufacturer of specialty, high-power electric motors, generators, condensers, power systems and controls since 1903
Generators
Our experience and conservative design philosophy, combined with top quality materials and workmanship, result in a rugged, reliable, high-quality generator that is among the best available in the world today.
Hydro Electric Generators
Condensers
Synchronous condensers are fundamentally a synchronous motor that is not connected to any driven load. Once started and connected to the electrical system it operates at full leading power factor to put VAR’s into the network to support the system voltage or maintain the system power factor at the desired level.
Induction Motors
Ideal Electric Co. has been a leading supplier of Low, Medium, and High voltage Induction motors for Power Generation, Oil & Gas, Petro-Chemical, Mining, Steel Plant, Sugar Mill, Municipal Water Applications, and Boiler Plants in Hazardous (Explosion Proof) or Non-hazardous areas. Our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities guarantee that all motors meet various customers’ requirements with regard to delivery and quality.
Synchronous Motors
IDEAL ELECTRIC has built synchronous motors for over ninety-five years. Our expertise, combined with high-quality materials and manufacturing processes results in a reliable, cost-effective motor with high performance and low operating costs.
Permanent Magnet Motor/Generators
Permanent Magnet electric motors and generators offer unparalleled power density, efficiency across a variable speed range, and more torque-per-pound than other conventional technologies. These capabilities allow for machines in applications never before thought possible, as well as direct-drive systems in compact envelopes.
IDEAL has deployed numerous multi-megawatt permanent magnet synchronous generators, the first of which was introduced in 2018. The air-cooled machine sets new benchmarks for power density and weight saving in mobile gas turbine power unit applications for electric hydraulic fracturing or IDEAL ELECTRIC eFrac.
Switchgears & Controls
IDEAL ELECTRIC designs and manufactures a full-range of custom-engineered switchgear and control solutions. We are unique in that we are the only US manufacturer that is capable of producing both rotating equipment and the switchgear to control it.
PRODUCTS and SERVICES
Product Types
Motors
- Synchronous
- Induction
- Permanent Magnet
- Wound Rotor
- Switch Reluctance
- PAM
- Two-Speed
- DC
Generators
- Synchronous
- Induction
- Permanent Magnet
- Wound Rotor
- Switched Reluctance
- Fixed & Variable Speed
- For Gas & Steam Turbines, Enginers, Hydro, Wind & Geothermal
Condensers
New Synchonous Condensers and conversions/upgrades of existing synchronous machines to condenser duty to +/- 30 MVAr with or without flywheel inertia.
Switchgear
Custom low and medium-voltage switchgear to customer specification
Controls
Excitation and Synchronization Control Systems for IDEAL and other's machines.
Motor-Generator Sets
Custom Motor-Generator Sets for voltage and/or frequency conversion, true electrical isolation of the load from the supply and ride-thru capabilities for ultimate power quality.
M-G Sets can be common shaft, direct coupled or belt driven to Customer specification.
Sizes from a few kilowatts to multi-megawatt, low to high voltages and frequencies well above 400 HZ.
Eddy Current Drives
A mechanical alternative to a solid-state variable frequency drive (VFD), IDEAL Eddy-Current electromagnetic machines provide an elegant, well proven solution to variable-speed applications. Â
Genuine Ideal Parts
Protect your investment; always insist on Genuine Ideal Parts - direct from the OEM to your machine using the original drawings, specifications and backed by IDEAL.
Diesel Rotary UPS (DRUPS)
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Repair & Re-Manufacturing
No one knows your equipment better than the people who originally manufactured it. IDEAL supports new and legacy products like no other can with all the original designs, test and qualification data on hand. Our first-hand product knowledge, responsiveness, and peerless capabilities allow us to deliver solutions extending beyond even our original equipment.
Field Service
IDEAL Field Service Technicians travel the world serving customers with expert knowledge only the origianal equipment manufacturer has.
Prototyping
Legacy Machine Upgrades
Factory Testing
Machining & Fabrication
Engineering
Technologies
Synchronous
- Up to 40,000 KW/ 50,000 HP
- Horizontal & Vertical
- Slow, Medium, & High Speeds
Induction
- Up to 40,000 KW/ 50,000 HP
- Horizontal & Vertical
- Slow, Medium, & High Speeds
Permanent Magnet
- Low & High Speed
- Multi-Megawatt References
- Captive surface & embedded designs
Switched Reluctance
- Over 1,000 HP builds possible
Wound rotor
Salient Pole
Cylindrical Rotor
Pole Amplitude Modulated
Direct Current
Lightweight Materials
Advanced Thermal Management
CapabilitiesÂ
Up to 40,000 kW
IDEAL's Mansfield, Ohio facility has the capability to build machines to the 40-megawatt (50,000 HP) power range depending on the rotational speed. The largest machine to ship from the factory to date is 265,000 lbs.
Voltages to 15kv
IDEAL pioneered high voltage insulation systems and that legacy is continued today, backed by thousands of low and medium voltage machines, many in corrosive environments.
IDEAL's Mansfield, Ohio facility has a very unique 14' (4.27m) VPI system - one of the largest throughout the Americas.
2 to over 160 Poles
IDEAL builds super-slow to high-speed machines with 2 to more than 160 Poles.
High Speed
While IDEAL is most known for our multi-pole, slow speed machines and benchmark setting 4-pole machines, our latest Permanent Magnet and Ultra-Performance Induction technology has found application in high-speed machines from 4,000-28,000 RPM.Â
Fixed & Variable Speed
Our motors and generators are designed for both fixed and variable-speed applications. In fixed speed, we support all starting methods, and in variable-speed, motors are designed for all variable-speed drive types and technologies.
Variable-speed generators are designed for matched systems to specific applications in renewables; wind and hydro-power, hybrid marine and land power, defense and other speciality applications.
Any Enclosure Type
IDEAL offers all enclosure types:
- CACA
- CACW
- DIDO
- DPG
- DPG-FV
- HERM
- IP23
- IP24
- IP44
- IP54
- IP55
- IPW24
- ODP
- TEAAC
- TEAW
- TEFC
- TEFV
- TEPV
- TEWAC
- TEWC
- TWEAC
- WP I
- WP II
Hermetic Motors
In the 1940's IDEAL became a pioneering maker of hermetic motors. In the 1960's the 2,000 HP barrier was broken for refrigeration compressors. Carrier Corporation acquired IDEAL in the 1970's and subsequently became part of United Technologies Corporation (UTX). UTX divested the company in the 1980's, yet IDEAL remained a leading supplier of high-horsepower, medium and high-voltage hermetic motors with marquee installations across the world and on the oceans, including air conditioning the Queen Mary II.
All Cooling Methods
IDEAL offers all typical air and liquid cooling methods as well as specialty, exotic and otherwise challenging cooling solutions.Â
Severe Duty
While all IDEAL machines are built to outperform, some applications and environments require special considerations for severe duty. The more demanding the application, the more IDEAL we become backed by thousands of references.
Nema & IEC Standard
IDEAL builds to NEMA or IEC standards.
Hazardous Environments
IDEAL machines are operating in every hazardous environment.
ATEX, Ex, ExN, Class 1 Division 2, H2S
Brushed & Brushless Excitation
A hallmark of The Ideal Electric and Manufacturing Company was pioneering the move to brushless excitation technology in the 1950's. Today we uniquely offer both brushed and brushless solutions.
Synchronizing Systems
IDEAL offers both its thoroughly modern Digital Synchronizing System (DSS) in addition to legacy synchronizing solutions.
IDEAL PRODUCTS
Contact
Our expert IDEAL Electric Associates are here to support you in our Mansfield, Ohio, Houston, Texas and our European bases. Give us a call or e-mail us today!
New & Replacement Machine Sales
+1 (419) 520-3330
Switchgear & Controls
+1 (419) 520-3255
Parts Department
+1 (419) 520-3225
Field Service Repairs /
Remanufacturing & Technical Questions
+1 (419) 520-3245
24 Hour Emergency Hotline
+1 (888) 915-2624
