General Purpose

General Purpose motors are energy efficient, durable, and readily available, minimizing overall operating costs and downtime.

Proven, reliable, available

General Purpose motors are known for their energy efficiency, versatility, and durability, making them suitable for a wide range of industrial applications. Designed for long service life, these motors require minimal maintenance and withstand tough operating conditions. They also comply with industry standards, ensuring reliable and safe performance.

Features that matter

General Purpose motors are efficient, durable, and versatile, offering a range of frame sizes and enclosures for various industrial applications while meeting international safety and performance standards.

Premium efficient electrical designs

All motors meet or exceed NEMA Premium® efficiency energy requirements for US, Canada and Mexico.

Quality components

High grade materials make up a strong insulation system with Class F insulation and Class B temperature rise for operation in higher ambient temperature, overload conditions, and voltage tolerances.

Robust design

Offer a wide variety of enclosure construction from industrial steel band open designs used in relatively clean environments; to totally enclosed cast iron designs where exposure to water, dust, and corrosives exists.

Inverter Duty

All 3 phase motors are inverter duty per NEMA MG1 Part 31

Versatile

General Purpose motors are versatile to perform reliably in a variety of operations where highly custom and hazardous location certifications are not needed.

Available

Baldor-Reliance motors are built in US manufacturing facilities and available from our industry leading global distribution network - and are available when and where you need them.

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Common Applications

Fans, Pumps, Conveyors, Compressors, Food & Beverage, Automotive

Industries

ABB’s Baldor-Reliance® General Purpose motors deliver outstanding performance and durability across a wide range of industrial applications. Offered in both open and enclosed designs, these versatile motors are available in NEMA Premium and NEMA Super-Premium options, ensuring superior reliability, efficiency, and operational excellence.

HVACR

ABB supports a wide range of buildings—office towers, hospitals, schools, data centers—and all types of applications, including air handlers, water pumps, cooling towers, and chillers. We ensure these motors and drives operate with maximum efficiency and reliability.

Food & beverage

ABB provides a complete range of energy-efficient motors designed for the food and beverage industry. Our motors power every stage of the process—from raw material handling to processing, conveying, packing, and storage—while meeting the industry's high standards for performance and reliability.

Water & Wastewater Treatment

From water intake and treatment, through transportation to distribution to waste water collection and treatment - motors are the heartbeat of your water treatment operations.

Cement, mining and minerals

As society urbanizes, the demand for materials like cement, metals, and minerals grows. Modern infrastructure and the shift to cleaner energy require more metals and minerals to be mined. At ABB, we provide motors and drives that help customers operate more efficiently and sustainably.

Distribution center and warehousing

Warehouse distribution centers face ongoing pressure to boost throughput while maintaining quality and reliability. Motors and drives offer an integrated solution, delivering power from the electrical line directly to the driven shaft, all from a single source supplier.

How to Select a Motor

  1. Select a motor

    Search our comprehensive list of Baldor-Reliance® motors and gain access to detailed product specifications, technical data, and product documentation.

  2. Configure your motor

    ABB’s Motor Builder is an online tool that allows experienced users to select, customize and configure motors to exactly match their performance and application needs.

  3. Replacing a motor

    Have an existing motor you’d like to convert to ABB? Use this tool to find your ABB motor.

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