ABB drives reduce swimming pool energy costs by £60k p.a. By installing ABB variable speed drives on filtration pumps and air handling units at five of the City’s swimming pools, Liverpool City Council is saving £60,000 a year on energy costs. Faced with rising energy costs and pressure to manage the Recreation […]
Mitsubishi FR-E700 compact high performance inverter drive The FR-E700 is a compact high performance inverter drive for applications up to 15 kW from Mitsubishi Electric UK. Mitsubishi Electric is one of the World’s leading manufacturers of variable speed inverter drives. They have produced over 15 million inverters for applications up to 500V and power […]
Hard to believe the energy saving from Schneider Altivar 212? If you are not a motor engineer it can be hard to believe the energy saving from Schneider Electric UK Altivar 212. The Altivar 212 (ATV212) is a variable speed drive (VSD) for three phase asynchronous motors from 0.75 kW to 75 kW. Its operating characteristics are matched […]
Mitsubishi FR-E700 inverters simplify planned maintenance Frequency inverter drives from Mitsubishi Electric UK are famous for their reliability and longevity. The FR-E700 SC is designed for a service life of over 10 years due to a range of improvements. Advanced self diagnostics built into the drives automatically trigger alarms when performance drops. […]
Motors placed on the market after 1 January 2015, with a rated output between 7.5 – 375 kW, must have a minimum efficiency class of IE3, or minimum IE2 if they are operated or equipped with electronic speed control, essentially a variable-speed drive (VSD). It is estimated that electric motors consume 70% of the […]