Against the backdrop of global advocacy for green energy conservation and intelligent manufacturing, brushless motors have been widely used in various fields such as industrial automation, new energy vehicles, and smart homes due to their advantages of high efficiency, low noise, and long lifespan. With the continuous expansion of the brushless motor market, policies, regulations, and standards for this industry at home and abroad are becoming increasingly perfect. These policy standards are like the baton of industry development, deeply affecting the production, research and development, and market promotion of brushless motor enterprises.

Energy Efficiency Standards

Domestic policies

Since June 2021, China has implemented the "GB18613-2020 Energy Efficiency Limits and Energy Efficiency Grades for Electric Motors" standard, which has raised the entry threshold for motor energy efficiency, eliminated energy-efficient motors below IE3, and put forward clear requirements for the energy efficiency indicators of brushless motors. At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the "Motor Energy Efficiency Improvement Plan" in November 2021, which requires the annual output of high-efficiency and energy-saving motors to reach 170 million kilowatts by 2023, and the proportion of high-efficiency and energy-saving motors in service to be over 20%; The "Action Plan for Industrial Energy Efficiency Improvement" released in June 2022 proposes to increase the proportion of high-efficiency and energy-saving motors to over 70% by 2025. These policies aim to promote the development of the motor industry towards high efficiency and energy conservation, and reduce energy consumption.

international standard

Internationally, the EU's ErP Directive (Ecological Design Directive for Energy Related Products) also has strict regulations on motor energy efficiency, requiring motors to meet certain energy efficiency standards throughout their entire lifecycle. The Energy Star program in the United States also sets high requirements for the energy efficiency of brushless motors, encouraging companies and consumers to use high-efficiency motor products.

Impact on Enterprises and Response Strategies

Impact: Encourage enterprises to increase research and development investment, improve motor design and manufacturing processes, and enhance motor energy efficiency, otherwise they will face the risk of product failure to enter the market or market share being squeezed. At the same time, the research and production of high-efficiency motors may increase the costs of enterprises, including technology research and development costs, raw material procurement costs, etc.

Response: Enterprises need to actively invest in research and development, explore new materials and advanced control technologies, such as using high-performance permanent magnet materials, optimizing winding design, and applying advanced frequency conversion control technology to improve motor energy efficiency. At the same time, reducing costs and improving product competitiveness through large-scale production.

Safety regulations

Domestic policies

In China, brushless motors must comply with a series of safety standards such as GB 4706.1-2005 "Safety of household and similar electrical appliances - Part 1: General requirements". These standards cover multiple aspects of motor electrical safety, mechanical safety, structural safety, etc., such as detailed regulations on motor insulation performance, grounding measures, and enclosure protection levels, ensuring that the motor will not pose safety hazards to users under normal use and fault conditions.

international standard

The IEC 60335 series standards developed by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) are widely recognized electrical safety standards worldwide, and many countries and regions use them as a basis to develop their own or local safety regulations. For example, the EU's CE certification requires products to comply with relevant safety directives, including requirements for motor safety performance; The UL certification in the United States also rigorously tests and certifies the safety performance of brushless motors.

Impact on Enterprises and Response Strategies

Impact: Safety standards are the basic threshold for products to enter the market, and companies must strictly comply with them. Otherwise, products cannot obtain relevant certifications and cannot enter the market for sale. The strict implementation of safety standards may increase the production costs of enterprises, such as the need to use higher quality insulation materials, strengthen shell protection design, etc.

Response: Enterprises should prioritize safety standards in product design and production processes, and strictly control quality from raw material procurement, component manufacturing to complete machine assembly. Establish a sound quality management system, strengthen supervision and testing of the production process, and ensure that products meet safety standards. At the same time, actively cooperate with certification agencies to timely understand the latest certification requirements and standard changes.

electromagnetic compatibility

Domestic policies

China has formulated standards such as GB 4824-2019 "Limits and Measurement Methods for Radio Frequency Disturbance Characteristics of Industrial, Scientific and Medical Equipment" to limit the electromagnetic interference generated by brushless motors during operation, ensuring that they do not affect surrounding electronic devices. At the same time, it also specifies the requirements for the motor's immunity to external electromagnetic interference, ensuring that the motor can operate normally in complex electromagnetic environments.

international standard

Internationally, standards such as CISPR 11 developed by the International Special Committee on Radio Interference (CISPR) are important standards in the field of electromagnetic compatibility. The EU's EMC directive requires products to pass electromagnetic compatibility testing before they can be sold in the EU market. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States also has strict regulations on the electromagnetic compatibility of electronic devices.

Impact on Enterprises and Response Strategies

Impact: Non compliant electromagnetic compatibility can lead to product restrictions in the market and even trigger customer complaints. Enterprises need to invest additional research and development resources and costs to address electromagnetic compatibility issues.

Response: In the research and development stage, enterprises should use electromagnetic compatibility design technology, such as reasonable circuit layout, adopting shielding technology, optimizing grounding design, etc., to reduce the generation of electromagnetic interference. At the same time, we will strengthen investment in electromagnetic compatibility testing, establish a comprehensive testing system, and ensure that products pass strict electromagnetic compatibility testing before being launched.

Both domestic and international policies, regulations, and standards regarding brushless motors have put forward strict requirements in terms of energy efficiency, safety, electromagnetic compatibility, etc. This is both a challenge and an opportunity. Only by actively responding, increasing research and development investment, improving product quality and performance, strictly complying with relevant policy standards, can enterprises stand invincible in the fierce market competition and promote the healthy and sustainable development of the brushless motor industry.