ABB UK supplied a variable speed drive that helps Arsenal Football Club play in all weathers. The drive controls the airflow to an under-pitch aeration system that promotes healthy turf and helps drain the soil. The pitch at the club’s new Emirates Stadium is a hi-tech design with special and unique features […]
Replacing a 400kW DC motor with an ABB 4 pole squirrel cage motor and AC variable-speed drive has saved a plastic recycling company £50k p.a. Regain Polymers of Castleford, West Yorkshire, is one of the largest plastic recycling companies in the UK, recycling around 50,000 tonnes a year. The company turns waste […]
For clinker quality, clinker cooling is best carried out by progressively controlling the cooling process. The most common way to control the cooling fans and the exhaust fan’s speed, and hence ensure efficient and precise cooling, is to use AC drives such as the ACS880 Series from ABB UK. Hot clinker supplied by […]
Market leading manufacturer of speciality ice cream machines Kälte-Rudi has selected Mitsubishi Electric FR-E740 frequency inverters with stall prevention for its range of ice cream machines and pasteurisers. Their mobile machines are mainly used by ice cream parlours, bakeries, confectioners and commercial kitchens. Compared with supermarket ice cream, traditionally produced ice cream […]
Changing a baler from a fixed speed compressor motor to variable speed has saved a UK manufacturer £2800 p.a. in energy usage. Smurfit Kappa’s Northampton plant produces packaging such as fruit and vegetable trays, fresh produce boxes and retail-ready packaging. A hydraulic baler is used to compact off-cuts from the company’s cardboard processing […]