IMO Jaguar inverter drives now pumping air

Britain’s finest example of a Victorian Water Works is based on the outskirts of Nottingham. Built in the 1880s to supplement the city’s water supply, the Papplewick Pumping Station has seen an extensive restoration programme.  The Papplewick Pumping Station Preservation Group is responsible for keeping the site alive and for the upkeep and maintenance of the buildings.

The engine house is home to the original twin beam engines, thought to be the last built by the famous firm of James Watt & Co.  IMO was contacted for servicing and maintenance advice of a twelve year old Jaguar VX Drive.  However, as part of a wider system upgrade it was decided to replace the VX  with a Jaguar VXG Inverter to improve to control for the exhaust fans, and make the processes much more energy efficient.

The new Jaguar VXG Drive is now being used to control a 40Hp Exhaust Fan, which services the six Galloway Boilers used to generate the pressure needed to power the Beam engines.  The speed of the fan is varied by the inverter to control the exhaust pressure required for each of the boilers and managing the exhaust to the chimney some 100 metres away from the plant room.

The VXG represents a sensorless vector controlled drive and includes true closed-loop
vector control when used with encoder feedback. With ratings ranging from 0.4kW to
710kW, VXG is a high performance a.c. drive suitable for the most demanding applications such as presses, hoists, mixers and crushers to fans and pumps.

By using soft switching techniques for both the power devices and the switch mode power supply devices the Jaguar series generates low electro-magnetic noise resulting in fewer emission problems.

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