Nameplate identification
If you found this searching a photo, you're already halfway there.
These are real nameplates from real cases — not stock photos. Corroded, worn, decades old. Each one was identified from a single phone photo. If yours looks anything like these, it's worth two minutes before you assume it's a lost cause.
Loher three-phase two-speed (Dahlander) motor, frame 160L, 4.8/14 kW at 965/1460 rpm.
Loher was absorbed into Siemens decades ago, but the plate alone was enough to identify the exact frame and winding scheme — and rule out a full replacement.
Marine-duty DC motor nameplate, identified despite salt-air corrosion across much of the printed text.
Marine plates corrode fast. Even a partially legible plate carries enough — manufacturer mark, partial serial, mounting pattern — to narrow the search.
A 1960s-era AEG motor nameplate — old typography, but the ratings and frame data are still fully legible.
Age alone rarely makes a plate unreadable. Corrosion, paint and physical damage do. This one's decades old and still gave up everything we needed.
From our verification test set — real plates, real analyses.
Common obsolete platforms
Get a second opinion before you sign the replacement quote.
Photograph the nameplate — greasy, dark, at an angle is fine as long as the text is readable. No part number needed. Free founding-pilot qualification, honest answer, answered within one business day.