Low voltage AC drives are increasingly being used on a variety of movable bridges, either as part of a new build or as part of a renovation program and tend to replace hydraulic drives or DC drives operating with DC motors. At the heart of bridge control systems are AC drives that […]
When leading fluid motion and control provider Flowserve Corp re-equipped their pump testing facility in Newark, they chose ACS800 inverter drives from ABB UK. The drives are used for quick and easy testing of new pump variants at different speeds. The test rig is divided into two independent test facilities capable of […]
Direct Torque Control (DTC) AC drive technology was developed by ABB and to replace traditional PWM drives in both open and closed-loop applications by providing precise torque control without the need for a feedback device. DTC is a feature of ABB high performance drives series ACS 800 and ACS880 DTC uses a […]
By installing five ACS550 inverter drives from ABB Drives UK, a manufacturer of wooden doors and window frames has halved their ventilation running cost and given a pay-back time of under ten months. Heron Brothers, based in Northern Ireland, sells its products to public sector bodies, large private building contractors and builders’ […]
Available from ABB UK, the ACS800-31 is series of AC inverter drives offering a low-harmonic solution that is incorporated in the drive. The IP 21, wall-mounted drives are available from 5.5 to 110 kW. These drives use harmonics mitigation technology that does not require external filters or multi-pulse transformer. The low harmonic […]