Mitsubishi’s A800 high performing variable speed drives offer outstanding speed and torque control in demanding applications up to 160kW, and where the control architecture is decentralised. Now suitable for use in harsher environments than conventionally packaged inverter drives, the A846 splash and dustproof drives are protected to IP55. The A846 is suitable for […]
From the updated CEMEP paper Energy Efficiency with Electric Drive Systems, come examples of best practice for applications with potential energy savings. In the context of automation technology, the use of energy-efficient motors, of variable speed drives and of a cost-efficient motor/gear-unit combination plays an important role in saving energy. Various typical applications show how […]
There was a time when the PLC was the only viable option for control in industrial automation applications. Today engineers have more choice in the form of industrial PCs, soft PLCs and panel PCs offering similar functionality of the PLC/HMI combination. Engineers could even build their own custom controller around a Raspberry Pi board. […]
Mitsubishi Electric has introduced C-Connector, a PLC module that delivers data from plant-wide automation system directly to a user’s SAP system in real-time. The C Connector PLC module simplifies the linking of the plant’s automation systems to higher level databases, ERP applications and MES applications like SAP. Production data can be easily monitored and recorded, […]
Are energy saving devices like sticking plasters? As the saying goes, if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it, and this is particularly true of energy usage. Everyone buys energy saving devices, but before energy costs can be significantly reduced, you need to know where they are going, so consumption data […]