IIoT and smart machines are offering OEMs and manufacturers a step-change in ways to improve flexibility and productivity. The emergence of Industry 4.0 is triggering significant transformation in manufacturing and production industries. Making the case for the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) Schneider Electric’s Rainer Beudert, Marketing Director for the system and software Machine Solutions […]
IMO precision Controls make variable speed drives for specific end-user applications such as lifts cranes and hoists. They also provide specialist advise to customers looking to adopt these products. In a recent example, IMO engineers helped a customer, by providing a solution offering improved control over a large, ageing gantry crane used to handle large […]
As one of Mitsubishi Electric’s FR-A800 Plus Series the FR-A800-R2R inverter drive provides stable winding/unwinding control independently. Due to embedded functions like “automatic winding diameter calculation”, “automatic dancer speed control”, and “sensorless torque control for perfect tension”, the FR-A800-R2R is perfect to reduce PLC costs in winding applications. Printing, slitting, coating, and twisting […]
For 2017, ABB has updated its checklist for building services consultants. When specifying VSDs, ABB Drives urges consultants to review their requirements and ensure the selected drives meet them. According to ABB, initial purchasing represents only about 20% of total cost of ownership of an HVAC system the balance being the operating and running […]
The benefits of a reducing the number of suppliers are widely recognized across manufacturing and industry, with savings including lower development costs and faster time-to-market for new products. Mitsubishi Electric argues the same benefits can be realised by machine builders of all sizes. Typically, the overall cost of design, programming, development, assembly and testing […]