Sizing motors with power above the required implies in higher initial cost, lower performance and lower power factor. Since 1996, that electrical motor is built in Brazil with service factors greater than the unity, obeying the standard values. The service factor informs the motor's available power in continuous regime under nominal condition. The technical literature for sizing motors to operate hydraulic pumps indicates the need of adoption of sizing factors in the motor's power. Both the service factor and the sizing factor are security factors to size motors. These safety factors have the function to supply greater power demand due to changes in the working conditions such as, pump or motor characteristic curves, or energy quality like voltage imbalance or oscillation. The conclusion is that there is no need to use sizing factor for rating motors to drive hydraulic pump, because oversize may lead in performance decrease and greater initial costs. The size that considers both the security factors implies in an over sizing from 15% to 88%.
security factors; electrical motors; pumping
