Looking back on 2022, which industry focus events are still fresh in your memory, which industry dynamic news makes you empathize, and which industry developments instantly make you feel warm? At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, today's electric motor organizes and launches the "Top Ten Influential Events in the Electric Motor Industry in 2022" to record the extraordinary years of 2022.

Keyword 1: first time

For the first time, my country's rotating electrical machinery field leads the formulation of international standards

On February 11, 2022, the website of the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) published a message that the international standard was developed under the leadership of Sun Yutian, deputy chief professional engineer of Harbin Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. The "Basic Technical Requirements for Synchronous Hydrogenerators (Generating Motors)" was officially released and implemented.

This is the first time that my country has led the formulation of international standards in the field of rotating electrical machines, and it is also another major breakthrough in my country's international standardization work.

This international standard is established on the basis of many years of engineering practice of hydroelectric generators in my country, combined with the latest scientific research achievements in the field of hydropower at home and abroad, and according to the characteristics of the IEC standard. The content of the standard reflects the mainstream thinking of the international hydropower industry.

The standard introduced my country's independent intellectual property technology - evaporative cooling technology for the first time, making the standard the first international technical standard for hydroelectric generators and generator motors covering three cooling methods: air cooling, water cooling and evaporative cooling. Electrical parameters, loss efficiency, temperature, insulation, electrical connection and transient operation, machinery, vibration, noise, monitoring and other aspects have absorbed many latest achievements, and the content of the standard is extremely comprehensive and rich.

The formulation and release of this standard has achieved a "zero breakthrough" for Chinese experts to serve as the convener of international standards in the field of rotating electrical machines, and has enhanced my country's influence in the field of international large hydropower and the right to speak in international standards. In the field of electrical engineering, the new standard has changed the situation that foreign projects had no "law" to follow in the past, and filled the gap in the international standard of IEC/TC2 hydropower field.

Keyword 2: Conflict

The price of rare earth metals in the Russia-Ukraine conflict has soared, and permanent magnet motors are innocent

These developments will have a major impact on the outlook for rare earth manufacturing and pricing. The moves further strengthen the country's commitment to maintaining a strong defense force and complement several key past developments, including a 2019 deal with Australian high-tech metals producer Northern Minerals to mine neodymium and praseodymium and other rare earth metals.

At the same time, the United States has prepared to protect its NATO territory from Russia's overt aggression. While it will not deploy troops on Russian soil, the government has announced that it is determined to defend every inch of territory that requires the deployment of defensive troops. As a result, defense budget allocations are likely to increase, which would greatly improve the price outlook for rare earth materials, deployed in systems such as sonar, night vision goggles, laser range finders, communications and guidance systems.

As the "noble" permanent magnet motor in the motor industry, the production of rare earth permanent magnet motors is indispensable. Rare earth permanent magnet materials are the permanent magnet materials with the highest comprehensive performance known now. The application range of rare earth permanent magnet motors covers almost all fields of aviation, aerospace, national defense, equipment manufacturing, industrial and agricultural production and daily life. It can be seen that rare earth permanent magnets An indispensable strategic resource for the development of high-tech, known as "industrial vitamins".

Although China is a major producer of rare earths, if the war continues to be tense, serious inflation may occur in the global rare metal industry. Enterprises will start to protect their own interests and stockpile raw materials for production. In the end, this will lead to a general shortage of inventory and a sharp rise in prices, which will cause considerable damage to permanent magnet motor manufacturers.

Keyword three: established

43 people! The National Carbon Peak Carbon Neutral Standardization General Group was established

On March 9, the National Standardization Management Committee issued a notice to establish the National Carbon Peak Carbon Neutralization Standardization General Group, and announced the list of 43 members of the general group leader, deputy leader, consultants and expert members.

It is understood that the leader of the National Carbon Peak Carbon Neutralization Standardization Group is a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, deputy director of the Environmental Protection Committee, former vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Zhao Xiangeng; there are 4 deputy team leaders, Nie Zuoren, deputy secretary and president of the Party Committee of Beijing University of Technology, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; Yu Xinli, director and researcher of the China Association for Standardization; Zhao Penggao, deputy director of the Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection of the National Development and Reform Commission; and Li Zhiping, vice president of the China National Institute of Standardization.

The consultants include Du Xiangwan, former vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Experts include 34 people including Ma Lincong, director of the Special Committee of the Chinese Society of Technical Economics and researcher.

The notice made it clear that the national carbon peak carbon neutralization standardization general group is responsible for proposing suggestions on the establishment of my country's carbon peak carbon neutral standard system, guiding the development of national standards (standard samples), standard application implementation, standard internationalization, and coordination of relevant standards. Technical advice to provide support for the technical consistency of relevant standards (standard samples) for carbon peak carbon neutralization.

Keyword four: price increase

Raw materials have gone up four times in a row, and the motor factory has no choice but to adjust the price by more than 30%

In March, as the demand and prices of rare earth metals, copper and aluminum soared together, motor manufacturers were worried.

In the first half of 2022, domestic rare earth quotas will increase by 20% year-on-year, further continuing the tight supply and demand of rare earths. Recently, the price of praseodymium and neodymium oxide has risen strongly to 1 million / ton, an increase of more than 125%

In addition to the skyrocketing rare earth, copper and aluminum are also unwilling to be lonely. They have skyrocketed for four consecutive days. The price of copper has been running at a high level of nearly 80,000. The price of enameled wire was reported at 80250/ton yesterday.

As the price of raw materials continues to skyrocket, motor manufacturers can no longer bear it. TECO Motors took the lead in issuing a price adjustment letter, announcing that its products will increase by an average of about 30% from March 4.

Keyword five: access

The five departments released the latest motor energy efficiency access level, and the false energy efficiency standard will be focused on crackdown

Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments issued a notice on the "Advanced Level of Energy Efficiency, Energy Conservation Level and Access Level of Key Energy-Using Products and Equipment (2022 Edition)". The notice made it clear that referring to the current mandatory national energy efficiency standards for key energy-consuming products and equipment, comprehensively considering the technical level and development stage of my country's relevant industries, and benchmarking the advanced energy efficiency levels of similar products and equipment at home and abroad, the energy efficiency levels of relevant products and equipment are divided into advanced level, There are three grades of energy saving level and access level. The regulations will be implemented from January 1, 2023. If there are special regulations in the relevant product equipment standards, those regulations shall prevail.

The access level is the minimum energy efficiency level threshold for relevant products and equipment to enter the market, and the value is consistent with the limit value of the current relevant energy efficiency standards; the energy saving level is not lower than the current energy efficiency level 2, which is more in line with energy saving and reduction At the same time, the carbon work requirements can be transformed into the access level of the next stage within 3 to 5 years; the advanced level is not lower than the energy efficiency level 1, which is the advanced energy efficiency level that the current related products and equipment can reach.

Among them, three-phase asynchronous motors, permanent magnet synchronous motors, volumetric air compressors, power transformers, fans and other equipment required for cement production are included in the key list. The advanced level must reach energy efficiency level 1, and the energy saving level must reach energy efficiency level 2. The access level must reach level 3 of energy efficiency.

Keyword 6: discontinued

The shutdown of two major copper mines in Peru will reduce global supply by nearly two-thirds

Minmetals announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that Las Bambas, one of the largest copper mines in Peru, will not be able to continue production because the local community said the company failed to fulfill its social investment commitment and held protests against it. In addition, the shutdown at Cuajone copper mine, owned by Southern Copper, which began on February 28, continued after the mine's water supply was cut off by community members.

Goldman Sachs analyst Nicholas Snowdon's team recently released a report saying that the fundamentals of the copper market have tightened. On the one hand, demand from major economies in Europe and Asia remains strong; on the other hand, production in Chile, the world's largest copper producer, has been blocked, and the prospect of Russian copper supply under the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is unclear.

Copper production in Chile - the world's largest copper producer - has fallen far short of expectations so far this year, affecting nearly half of supply. Affected by water shortages and lower order levels, Chile's copper production will drop by 5%-10% in the first quarter. If the trend continues, copper supply from Chile is expected to fall by 560,000 tonnes this year, reducing global supply growth by nearly two-thirds.

Keyword seven: counterfeiting

Mitsubishi Electric admits data falsification, the products involved may flow into nuclear power plants

Mitsubishi Electric Co., Ltd., a century-old enterprise, admitted that the transformers it produced had the problem of falsification of inspection data. On May 6, the two quality management certification certificates of the factory involved in the company were suspended by the international certification body.

In the central business district near Tokyo Station, the building behind the reporter is the headquarters of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. Recently, the company admitted that there was data falsification in the inspection of transformer products produced by a factory in Hyogo Prefecture before leaving the factory. Affected by this, the international certification body suspended the ISO9001 international quality management system certification and the international railway industry standard certification of the factory involved on the 6th. It is worth noting that 6 factories of Mitsubishi Electric have been canceled or suspended the relevant international certification certificates due to problems such as quality inspection fraud.

A third-party investigation commissioned by Mitsubishi Electric found that the company's transformer data fraud can be traced back to at least 1982, spanning as long as 40 years. The nearly 3,400 transformers involved this time were sold to Japan and abroad, including Japanese railway companies and operating nuclear power plants.

Keyword Eight: Energy Efficiency

Interpretation of "Action Plan for Industrial Energy Efficiency Improvement" released by six departments

Recently, six departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued the "Action Plan for Improving Industrial Energy Efficiency", proposing that by 2025, the value-added energy consumption of industrial units above designated size will be reduced by 13.5% compared with 2020.

Energy consumption in the industrial sector accounts for about 65% of the energy consumption of the whole society, and is one of the key areas and main battlefields for energy conservation. my country has a large number of energy-consuming enterprises in the industrial field and covers a wide range of areas. Accelerating the promotion of industrial energy conservation and efficiency improvement will not only help improve the energy resource utilization efficiency of enterprises and reduce energy costs, but also promote the upgrading of technological processes and production equipment in key industries and upgrade the industry. Green and low-carbon development level.

"Focusing on energy conservation and carbon reduction in the industrial field, we have promoted the construction of a green manufacturing policy and standard system, and created a number of green factories, green industrial parks, and green supply chain management companies. At the same time, we will strengthen technological breakthroughs, standard guidance, demonstration and promotion, and gradually build from A full-chain green product supply system from basic raw materials to final consumer goods." Xin Guobin, vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that since the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", more than 20,000 green products, more than 4,000 energy-saving water-saving and comprehensive utilization of resources have been promoted Technological equipment.

To this end, the "Action Plan" proposes to strengthen the optimization of energy systems in key industries, the utilization of waste heat and pressure, the utilization of renewable energy, and the renovation of public and auxiliary facilities; continue to carry out the construction of national green data centers, improve the energy efficiency of information processing equipment such as network equipment; Two-way interaction between energy supply and demand, coordinate and make good use of different energy types such as fossil energy and renewable energy, and actively build an industrial energy structure with multiple energies such as electricity, heat, cooling, and gas that complement each other efficiently; around general energy-consuming equipment such as motors, transformers, and boilers , continue to carry out special actions to improve energy efficiency, increase the application of high-efficiency energy-using equipment, and strengthen the matching energy-saving transformation and operation control optimization of key energy-consuming equipment systems.

Keyword Nine: Merge

ABB Announces Acquisition of Siemens' Low-Voltage NEMA Motor Business

Zurich, Switzerland, August 11th - ABB announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Siemens' low-voltage NEMA motor business. The company has a manufacturing facility in Guadalajara, Mexico, and the acquisition provides ABB with an award-winning product range, a long-standing customer base in North America and an experienced operations, sales and management team. The business employs approximately 600 people and generated approximately $63 million in revenue in 2021. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, and the transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2023.

The acquisition is part of ABB's strategy for profitable growth in its motion business and will allow NEMA Motors to enhance its product offerings, expand its supply chain relationships and improve support for its North American customer base. There is also an opportunity to better support customers in Mexico through local production and sales. ABB expects to benefit from identified synergies and leverage R&D expertise, supply chain relationships and market access to enable the combined portfolio to reach its full potential.

"This acquisition creates significant value for ABB's NEMA Motors division," said Tarak Mehta, president of ABB's Motion Control business unit. "Investing in business and developing sales opportunities in North America, especially Mexico, will make this business a profit growth point for ABB's motion control business within two years."

The size of the global NEMA motor industry is approximately USD 2.7 billion and includes industrial motors primarily used in North America. NEMA motors are critical components of equipment running in industries such as food and beverage, oil and gas, mining and aggregates, water and wastewater, as well as air, liquid and equipment transfer applications.

Keyword ten: hold

The 6th High Efficiency Motor and System Energy Conservation Summit Forum in 2022 was successfully held

From November 14th to 15th, "Low Carbon Leads High Efficiency, Innovation Empowers Smart Manufacturing - "2022 The 6th China International High Efficiency Motor and System Energy Conservation Summit Forum" was successfully held in Hangzhou Zheshang Kaiyuan Mingdu Hotel. The conference was organized by Guided by the Green Motor System Special Committee of the National Industrial Energy Conservation and Clean Production Association, sponsored by Today Motor Magazine, and undertaken by Beijing Zhongfa Power Network Technology Co., Ltd.

At this stage, with the in-depth promotion of the national "dual carbon" strategy, the motor industry is undergoing extensive and profound changes. In this process, new motor materials, motor equipment and its intelligence, new motor systems and their intelligence Research hotspots such as control are constantly emerging. We must actively expand research boundaries around major national needs, attach importance to interdisciplinary research, give full play to the advantages of societies, universities, research institutes, enterprises and governments, and continue to promote scientific discoveries and technological innovations in the motor industry and its high-quality development.