Hazardous Location Motor Starters Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2022 - 2027)

The hazardous location motor starters market is expected to register a CAGR of 5.25% over the forecast period (2021-2026). Major offshore oil and gas developments, new oil discoveries, coupled with an increasing focus on deepwater drilling activities and rising expenditures in the water and wastewater industry, are the major opportunities for the market to grow in the future.

Key Highlights

• Due to technological advancements, the need for integrated servo and brushless explosion-proof motors has increased, due to the growing robotic and automation technologies in industries. Majority of these robotics and automation activities are carried out in potentially explosive atmospheres, which are driving the market.
• Growing demand for instruments used for protection against thermal overload is driving the market as instantaneous over-current is usually the result of fault conditions. Bimetallic overload relay and time overcurrent relay are the motor protection relay used in high voltage area and provide various features, such as short circuit protection, locked rotor protection, etc.
• The major restraints faced by the market are related to the manufacturing of starters as they cannot withstand the most unlikely of weather conditions and corrosive environments, which is a challenge in the market.

Key Market Trends

Explosion Proof Motor in Coal Production to Drive the Market Growth

• Growing dependency on coal production is triggering the growth of several coal plants in the world, which is driving the market. Eliminating the presence of potential sources of ignition, and providing appropriate equipment, all machinery and electrical equipment inside the enclosed coal storage area or structure are approved for use in hazardous locations. These are provided with spark-proof motors or explosion proof motors, which are assigned a temperature code (T code).
• Flameproof motors, which are a part of explosion-proof motors, are designed for operation in coal mines that are endangered by the explosion of methane and coal dust in spaces (zones one and two) where explosive mixtures of combustible gases and steams of liquid with air occurs.
• Dust ignition-proof motor is designed to exclude hazardous materials and prevent dust explosions. ABB offers a wide range of dust ignition proof motors and with Ex t motors, any explosion transmission of dust is prevented in the coal preparation.
• The explosion-proof enclosure used in the US coal mines complies with the applicable design requirements of 30 CFR 18, subpart B. It is able to contain internal explosions of methane-air mixtures without undergoing damage or excessive distortion of its walls or covers, without causing an ignition of a surrounding methane-air mixture.

Asia-Pacific to Witness the Fastest Growth in Future

• The Asia-Pacific motor starters market is expected to observe a substantial growth in the near future, determined by the discovery of new oil and gas reserves in this region.
• A significant number of mergers and acquisitions, in the region, have led to an enormous amount of drilling and exploration activities in hazardous locations. This has further boosted the demand for motors and motor starters in this region.
• Asia-Pacific is likely to emerge as a demand center for soft starters, which are used in the motor for protection. Due to the increasing industrialization, in the region’s emerging economies, such as India and China, it is expected that motor starters will experience high growth of the motor starter in various applications.
• India has one of the world’s largest refinery complexes in Jamnagar, owned by Reliance group. The need for safety and explosion-proof motors at this refinery is driving market growth.

Competitive Landscape

The hazardous location motor starters market is fragmented in nature due to the presence of a large number of regional and international players of various sizes. The market competition is predicted to grow higher with the increase in technological innovation and M&A activities in the future. Moreover, many local and regional vendors are offering specific application products for diverse end-users. Key players are Rockwell Automation, Schneider Electric, ABB Group, etc. Recent developments in the market are -

• February 2019: Danfoss company demonstrated how its VLT Automation Drive can be used to perform condition monitoring using technologies such as external vibration sensors and load-envelope monitoring. These functions convert the drive into an “intelligent sensor” that detects problems at an early stage and identifies them before they cause downtime.

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