Shipyards are not abandoning brushed angle grinders because of marketing. They are doing it because brushed motors were never designed for the continuous, heavy-load, dirty conditions of modern shipbuilding. The carbon brush, a consumable part that wears out, sparks, and loses efficiency under load, is a fundamental limitation of the technology. Brushless motors eliminate that limitation. They run longer, work harder, waste less energy, and create fewer hazards. For a shipyard where every hour of downtime costs money and every safety incident carries serious consequences, the case for brushless is increasingly difficult to ignore.
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