By combining its world class factory automation produces to meet European safety standards EN ISO 13849-1, EN 62061 and IEC 61508 Mitsubishi Electric UK enables users to optimise productivity. There can be few aspects of machine design that have moved so quickly in recent years as that of safety. With the introduction of […]
Historically, gas-driven engines were the norm for compressors used in natural gas extraction. The engines were fuelled by natural gas from a pipeline, but the cost of gas has made it more profitable for the producer to sell the gas than use a portion of it for operations. Working with Schneider Electric a […]
Motors placed on the market after 1 January 2015, with a rated output between 7.5 – 375 kW, shall 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 […]
A load-sharing application is one where there are two or more motors mechanically connected to drive the same load. In this application a Mitsubishi FR-A700 sensorless vector drive is controlling a long conveyor belt. In theory, if there are multiple motors that are all supplied by the same frequency, they will all output the same […]
For use with high performance ABB UK drives including ACQ810 water industry drives and ACS850 machinery drives, DriveStudio is an easy to use software tool designed for use throughout a drive’s life cycle. DriveStudio configuration wizards simplify drive use from commissioning and configuration to monitoring, to performance tuning. DriveStudio makes drive commissioning easier and […]