Baldor-Reliance Motors: Official Catalogues, Line Card and Installation Manuals (PDF)
ABB keeps the Baldor-Reliance motor literature in one public document library, which is convenient until you need a specific revision at two in the morning and the search page hands back eleven files with near-identical names. So this page gathers the ones that actually get opened in day-to-day work: the full NEMA product catalogue, the condensed line card, the DC motor catalogue, two washdown data sheets and the installation and maintenance manual. Nothing is stored here — every link below goes straight to the official PDF on abb.com.
One habit worth adopting before you download anything: match the revision letter on the cover against the copy already sitting in your project folder. Frame dimension tables and efficiency values do get corrected between revisions, and sending a superseded data sheet to a customer is an avoidable argument.
If you only open one file, open the line card
The NEMA motors line card is a 1.2 MB data sheet, roughly one fiftieth the size of the main catalogue, and it answers the question that comes up first: does this frame size and rating exist at all? Ratings sit in quick tables, so a 4-pole 15 kW TEFC or a 6-pole brake motor can be confirmed in under a minute, before you commit to a 26 MB download. The table below is a rough map of which file to reach for.
| Document | What is inside | Reach for it when |
|---|---|---|
| NEMA motors line card (FS2, rev E) | Condensed rating tables across the NEMA range, enclosure types, frame list | Checking whether a rating or frame exists; quick quotation work |
| Baldor-Reliance 501 catalogue (CA501, rev Y) | Full product catalogue: motor families, frame dimensions, efficiency data, ordering information | Preparing a submittal, drawing a mounting interface, sizing properly |
| DC motor catalogue (9AKK107331) | DC motor ranges, ratings, tachometers and SCR drive pairings | Retrofitting an existing DC drive instead of replacing the whole axis |
| IEC SSE IE3 data sheet (9AKK106615) | Stainless steel encapsulated washdown IEC motors, 1.1–7.5 kW | Food and beverage duty with washdown and caustic cleaning |
| Food Safe SP5+ (FS21, rev B) | Ultra-premium IE5+ efficiency in an IP69 washdown housing | Hygienic lines where running cost dominates the purchase price |
| Installation and maintenance (MN416, rev E) | Mounting, alignment, belt tension, lubrication intervals, fault finding | Commissioning, or when a bearing starts talking |
What the 501 catalogue actually covers
CA501 is the working document of the range, and it is worth knowing what is in it before scrolling through 26 MB. The families differ mainly in enclosure, frame system and how the winding behaves under a drive — which in practice is usually the deciding factor, well before efficiency class enters the conversation.
| Family | Defining characteristics | Typical duty |
|---|---|---|
| Baldor-Reliance 501 standard motors | NEMA frames, TEFC and ODP enclosures, foot and flange mounting | General industrial: conveyors, pumps, fans, machine tools |
| IEC SSE stainless washdown, IE3 | 1.1–7.5 kW, 3000 and 1500 rpm, B3, B14 and B5 mounting, 400/690 V 50 Hz, IP69K, inverter ready 20:1 VT and 2:1 CT | Food and beverage plant cleaned with high-pressure water |
| Food Safe SP5+ | IE5+ ultra-premium efficiency, IP69 washdown construction | Sanitary duty where energy cost outweighs first cost |
| RPM AC and VS Master | Inverter-duty designs, laminated and heavy frames for variable speed | Process lines running continuously on VFDs |
| DC motors | SCR-controlled adjustable speed, NEMA frames, tachometer options | One-for-one replacement on older DC drive systems |
Two lines in that table deserve spelling out, because they cause most of the field confusion. First, the stainless IEC washdown motors are inverter ready with a 20:1 variable-torque and 2:1 constant-torque range — enough for a pump or fan curve, not enough for a constant-torque conveyor that has to hold torque at low speed. Second, 60 Hz nameplate data on an export motor does not mean the same motor is automatically compliant on 50 Hz; efficiency drops and the CE position needs checking at quotation stage, not after the panel is built.
Download the official catalog (PDF)
- Baldor-Reliance 501 standard motor product catalogue — CA501, rev Y (PDF, about 26 MB)
- NEMA motors line card — FS2, rev E (PDF, about 1.2 MB)
- ABB low voltage NEMA motors catalogue — 9AKK108468A1513 (PDF, about 11 MB)
- DC motor catalogue — 9AKK107331 (PDF, about 1.1 MB)
- IEC SSE IE3 stainless steel washdown duty motor — 9AKK106615 (PDF, about 0.5 MB)
- Baldor-Reliance Food Safe SP5+ motors — FS21, rev B (PDF, about 0.35 MB)
- Washdown motors: protection and reliability — BR492, rev D (PDF, about 3 MB)
- AC and DC motor installation and maintenance — MN416, rev E (PDF, about 0.2 MB)
If a link ever stops resolving, the same documents are listed by literature type at baldor.com and can be found in the ABB library by document number — the numbers above are stable, the download URLs behind them occasionally get reorganised. For a superseded frame or a rating that no longer appears in the catalogue, ask us and we will pull the matching data sheet rather than guess from the summary tables.