ABB Synchronous reluctance (SynRM) motors

Unleashing IE5 efficiency and power with ABB's Synchronous reluctance motors

Are you looking for cutting-edge motor solutions that optimize energy efficiency and power in industrial processes? Look no further than ABB's IE5 range of synchronous reluctance motors. With advanced technology and engineering expertise, ABB brings you reliable and high-performance motors designed to meet the demands of modern industries.


  • Energy-efficient: ABB's synchronous reluctance motors are specifically engineered to deliver IE5  ultra-premium energy efficiency, reducing operational costs and environmental impact.
  • High torque and power density: Experience exceptional performance with these motors, boasting high torque capabilities and remarkable power density, enabling enhanced productivity in your operations.
  • Advanced engineering: Benefit from ABB's expertise in motor engineering, ensuring reliable and optimized motor solutions for your specific industrial applications.
  • Tailored for demanding processes: Our synchronous reluctance motors are built to withstand the rigors of demanding industrial environments, ensuring long-lasting performance and minimal downtime.
  • Versatile applications: Whether it's pumping, material handling, or any other industrial process, ABB's synchronous reluctance motors offer versatile solutions for a wide range of applications.
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Key benefits

  • Unparalleled Energy Efficiency: Reduce energy consumption and lower operational costs with ABB's synchronous reluctance motors, engineered to deliver exceptional energy efficiency without compromising performance. ABB IE5 ultra-premium SynRM motors offer up to 40% lower energy losses compared to IE3 motors, as well as significantly lower energy consumption and CO₂ emissions than the commonly used IE3 induction motors.
  • Enhanced Productivity: Harness the high torque and power density of our motors to maximize productivity in your industrial processes, achieving faster and more efficient operations.
  • Reliability in Demanding Environments: SynRM technology offers up to 30°C lower winding temperatures and up to 15°C lower bearing temperatures, which increases the reliability, prolongs the motor lifetime, and reduces the need for maintenance.
  • Tailored Solutions for Your Needs: ABB's synchronous reluctance motors are available in a range of power ratings, speed ranges, and frame sizes, allowing you to select the ideal motor that perfectly suits your specific requirements.
Low voltage IE5 Synchronous reluctance motors catalog

Why choose ABB's Synchronous reluctance motors?

Unleash Unparalleled Efficiency: Our motors are engineered with utmost precision to optimize energy consumption, significantly reducing your operational costs. Experience the power of energy efficiency and unlock substantial savings for your business.

Empower Your Productivity: With high torque and power density, our synchronous reluctance motors ensure exceptional performance, enabling you to achieve faster and more efficient industrial processes. Boost productivity, streamline operations, and stay ahead of the competition.

Trust in Proven Reliability: ABB is a world leader in motor engineering, renowned for our expertise in developing robust and reliable solutions. Our synchronous reluctance motors are built to endure the toughest conditions, ensuring continuous operation and minimizing maintenance disruptions.

Tailored Solutions for Your Success: We understand that every industrial application is unique. That's why our synchronous reluctance motors come in a wide range of power ratings, speed ranges, and frame sizes, allowing you to select the perfect fit for your specific requirements. Experience personalized solutions tailored to your success.

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Product ranges

IE5 Synchronous reluctance motors 
Aluminum frame motors M3AL - IEC frame sizes 132
Cast iron frame motors M3BL - IEC frame sizes 160 to 315
Output power 5.5 to 315 kW
Voltage 230 – 690 V
 High output synchronous reluctance motors
Cast iron frame motors M3BL - IEC frame sizes 160 to 315
Output power 17 to 350 kW
Voltage 230 – 690 V
 Liquid-Cooled Synchronous Reluctance Motors
Cast iron frame motors M3LL - IEC frame sizes 200 / 250 / 280 / 315
Output power 37 to 710 kW 
Voltage Up to 690V network voltage
Efficiency Up to IE5
Start saving energy with ABB's IE5 SynRM motors
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Part of the ABB EcoSolutions portfolio

The ABB EcoSolutionsTM label provides full transparency to environmental impacts across the entire product lifecycle.

Products within the portfolio comply with a set of key performance indicators defined in ABB’s circularity framework and carry an external, third-party verified environmental product declaration (ISO 14025).

For our customers, the ABB EcoSolutions label is an assurance that, where relevant, the product they are buying is:

  • Designed for high recyclability and manufactured with sustainably sourced materials.
  • Made with processes that are designed to avoid waste.
  • Designed to increase resource and process efficiency while in use, be upgradable and optimize the lifetime of equipment and facilities.
  • Provided with instructions for responsible end-of-life treatment.

View the circular value and environmental footprint of ABB IE5 SynRM motors from the Environmental Product Declarations.

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Highlights

10/16/2023

Next-generation of high efficiency motors now available for potentially explosive environments

Article

Petteri Hyytiäinen, Chemicals Global Industry Segment Manager, ABB, explains how the chemical industry can ensure safety and boost energy efficiency by deploying motors that offer up to 40% lower energy losses compared to commonly used IE3 motors.

02/15/2023

NESTRO dedusters take energy efficiency to the next level with ABB SynRM motors and drives

Customer case

New-generation mobile dedusters from German company NESTRO are the first in the world to offer IE5 SynRM motors as standard. Users can save up to 22 per cent in energy costs compared to conventional equipment.

09/12/2023

How high-efficiency SynRM motors enable long-term savings

Article

Industrial businesses realize the critical importance of energy efficiency. It is an immediate step that facilities can take to improve their sustainability, contribute to reaching net zero, and boost profitability. 

09/04/2023

ABB is first in world to deliver IE5 ultra-premium motor efficiency in explosive environments

Press release

In a world-first, customers operating in hazardous area industries can now ensure safety and boost their energy efficiency by deploying motors that offer up to 40 percent lower energy losses compared to commonly used IE3 motors.

Energy efficiency opportunities in chemical manufacturing
05/19/2023

Kuhmo pioneers energy-efficient timber production with ABB SynRM motors and drives

Success case

Finnish sawmill operator Kuhmo was the first company in the world to use ABB IE5 SynRM motors in a timber drying process. Its latest plant upgrade could produce six-figure energy savings in just a couple of years with highly efficient ABB motors and regenerative drives.

04/27/2023

Cutting carbon and costs in the water sector: the case for energy efficient motors

Article

Many water and wastewater facilities still use old, inefficient electric motors. Modernizing motor systems is the key to cutting costs, meeting rising demand, and reducing emissions.

03/28/2023

Sponsored text: Keep it cool: efficient and cost-effective refrigeration with motors and drives

Article

The global food and beverage sector consumes approximately 30 percent of the world’s energy. It is also responsible for 20 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions.

03/30/2023

ABB Partners with Boliden in Drive Toward Circular Economy

Press release

Tarkett’s vinyl flooring factory in Ronneby, Sweden, is using ABB data insights and service expertise to save 800 megawatt-hours (MWh) of energy per year from their motor-driven systems.

02/13/2023

ABB Partners with Boliden in Drive Toward Circular Economy

Article

ABB high efficiency motors will feature recycled and low carbon copper from Boliden – a partnership that demonstrates the circular economy in action. 

02/15/2023

Driving energy efficieny in the tire & rubber industry

Article

Fausto Belotti giving an interview to European rubber journal on energy efficiency in the tire & rubber industry and what benefits companies can expect by improving the efficiency of their motors.

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