Industrial IE4 Low-Voltage Motors Rapidly Establishing a Presence in the High-Efficiency Motor Market

IE4低压工业电机在高效电机市场迅速占据一席之地

While the majority of the world continues to transition to higher efficiency IE2, IE3 and NEMA Premium low-voltage (LV) motors, IE4 motors marketed to the industrial machinery market as “Super Premium Efficiency” motors have rapidly carved out a space in the high efficiency motor market.

随着全球大多数的继续向更高的效率IE2，IE3和NEMA高效低压电机过渡，作为工业机械市场 “超高效”电机销售的IE4电机迅速在高效电机市场占据其一席之地。

Since 2009, this market has posted consecutive, double-digit growth rates and almost quadrupled in value in 2013 to reach $114.7 million with nearly 259,000 units shipped. Although a relatively small market compared to the entire global integral horsepower industrial LV motor market, this niche market for high efficiency motors is predicted to grow robustly to $297.3 million by 2018. IHS believes that growth in this LV motor market segment has been ignited by regional legislation for stand-alone LV motors.

自2009年以来，IE4电机市场已连续录得两位数的增长率，份额几乎翻了两番，2013年市场容量达1.147亿美元，出货量近25.9万台。虽然相对全球的整数功率低压工业电机市场，这个市场还是很小，但作为高效电机的利基市场，预计到2018年，IE4的市场份额将强劲增长至2.97亿美元。IHS认为这个低压电机细分市场的增长已经被单机低压电机的区域立法所点燃。

It’s notable that no government legislation exists that mandates IE4 Super Premium Efficiency motors be sold at a certain date, like its AC induction IE2, IE3 and NEMA Premium counterparts, making the purchase of these motors by the industrial machinery market a decision based purely on the high efficiencies and the quicker return on investment.

这是值得注意的是，政府立法并没有像IE2，IE3和NEMA高效电机等一样，规定了IE4超高效电机必须在某一特定日期开始销售，工业机械市场购买这些电机的决定纯粹基于高效以及投资回报更快等因素。

The rapid evolution of this market is well-documented. In 2009, two suppliers controlled the majority of the market, with both focusing on a neodymium-based magnet design. By 2013, twenty suppliers including traditional LV motor manufacturers as well as end-equipment manufacturers have thrown their respective hats into the ring, bringing with them new and established IE4 motor technologies. Even though the International Electrochemical Commission (IEC) has only defined the line-start, asynchronous version of IE4 motors in early 2014, suppliers have capitalized on marketing their IE4 motors as “Super Premium Efficiency” starting in 2009 and have continued to experience a positive reaction from the industrial machinery market.

这个市场的迅速发展具有良好的记录。2009年，两家供应商控制了该市场的大部分份额，主要集中于钕基磁体的设计。到2013年，有二十家供应商加入这个领域的竞争，包括传统的低压电机制造商以及终端设备制造商，带来了他们现有的以及新的IE4电机技术。尽管国际电工委员会（IEC）仅仅在2014年初定义了异步起动，IE4电机的异步版本，但供应商从2009年开始就已经把IE4电机作为“超高效”电机推向市场，并持续从机械工业取得积极的市场反应。