Motors with a draw of 30A and up use strip fuses b/c motors have a start-up draw that excedes the fuse rating and a strip fuse will also take the start-up demands with a time delay. That is why they are open fuses. [ heat dissipation]. Quite commonly used on industrial equipment.
..the problem with them is they heat fatique and crack from the constant expansion/contraction of variable current flow of the motor circuit.
A trick when using these is to put a slight curve/bend in the link when installing them so that the link has an expansion factor to work with. If it is straight and tight at install, it has no flex parameters for expansion/contraction. A sligh curve allows the fuse to flex in length between the 2 terminal binding post, thereby eliminating the crack failures one sees on them.
But . they still fatique from use and aged links should be changed before they blow ...Normal maintainance.

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A Dalton