Finding new ways to save energy year after year is a major challenge when you have an ongoing energy saving programme. That’s why Trelleborg’s flagship Industrial Anti-Vibration Mounts plant in Leicester, UK, has installed a Mitsubishi Electric SCADA solution with integrated MX4 Energy software to monitor and control the plant’s energy use. Since its installation […]
An introduction on how the installation of variable frequency drives saves significant sums of money when applied to fan and pump motors, and how you can convince your manager. Let’s start with an analogy: Imagine running a car at full throttle and controlling the speed by using the brakes. In addition to the noise, […]
It depends who’s asking, and what the application is, but generally speaking the answer is no. Most inverter drives are designed for use with three phase motors. If you have a high torque application like a lathe, or are using pulleys or gearboxes then you will need a three phase motor. Fitting a […]
Mitsubishi Electric Europe’s industrial automation business offers a web based information support system called MyMitsubishi. By registering for the MyMitsubishi service you get free premium access to special content on their website. This includes downloads such as Demo Software, CAD, GSD, ESD files, product certificates and far more. You also get free access to […]
Mitsubishi Electric has published quick start guides for its variable speed inverter drives. Drives can be programmed locally using the removable parameter units or from a PC using their user-friendly setup software. The guides are for the A700 and F700 and for the D700 inverter drives Parameter Units Programming can be made manually using […]