Inverter drives reduce blast chiller cost by £30k pa One of the UK’s largest producers of duck products is saving £30,000 a year on freezing costs following the introduction of ABB variable-speed drives on its blast chiller application. Cherry Valley Farms of Lincolnshire rears some eight million ducks every year and […]
Schneider Electric provides DTM for Altivar Process. Schneider Electric has added a full featured Device Type Manager (DTM) to its ATV600 process drives, to manage operate in an FDT system. The DTM offers functions for configuration, commissioning, maintenance and diagnostic. FDT/DTM technology standardises the communication interface between field devices and host systems. […]
ACH550 energy saving drives for chilled water pumps Fan and pump applications continue to offer opportunities for saving money through energy saving. Although in most new installations equipment is optimised for energy saving, there is a huge installed base of fan and pump motors that spend their life either turned off or […]
Control panel design simplified as Omron adds macros to EPLAN When engineering a control panel, creating documentation to support the project is a major challenge. Accurate information is essential for efficient planning and to produce documentation. That’s why Omron is offering macros for the EPLAN system. Pre-drawn components Using the macros in […]
IMOPC VXA energy saving drive for fluid applications The VXA inverter drive series from IMO Precision Controls UK has been designed for a wide range of fluid and pumping applications from 0.75 to 710 kW at 380/480 V three phase. Energy saving applications include oil pumping; CNC coolant pumping; Injection moulding machines; […]