Key cookie ingredients: sugar, flower, butter and ABB VSDs. In industrial-scale bakery machines, consistency is vital. Any alteration along the mixing and baking process will deliver wildly different results. Manufactures fully automated biscuit-making machines require efficient and reliable speed and torque control to deliver this consistency. Industrial machinery complements a chef’s skill or […]
Reducing the energy cost of indoor commercial irrigation. A farm irrigation systems was a good example of how investing in new systems improves performance and saves money not only in large industrial operations but also in smaller installations. Rising electricity cost As an example, Riecor, a South African customer in the farming industry […]
Successive generations of variable-speed drives (VSDs) bring enormous benefits to buildings, whether commercial, residential or industrial. Yet many of these benefits are not widely recognised. As a result, building operators could be missing out on significant cost and time savings available to them. When specifying drives, consultants are urged to review their specification requirements and […]
When considering the energy saving benefits of using variable speed drives (VSDs) in motors applications, we quickly become involved in speed reduction percentages and payback periods. All relevant, but sometimes hiding the true costs of running electric motors in commercial and industrial applications. Motors are good at moving fluids (mainly air and water) around, […]
A Nottingham waste reclamation plant has achieved an eight percent increase in productivity is achieved by installing two ABB variable-speed drives on a waste sorting machine. Waste reclamation and recycling company Wastecycle has recycling plants in Nottingham and Leicester. The company collects and processes 450,000 tonnes of waste annually, and over 200,000 tonnes of it […]