19th July 2017
Mitsubishi smart drives combine fine control and energy savings It is widely recognised that when correctly applied to motors, smart variable speed drives like Mitsubishi FR-A800 Series make significant energy savings, and improve machine control and performance. This has been one of the main drivers for their adoption. When reducing motor […]
Read more17th July 2017
A boiler at a chemical the plant produces 37 t/h (tonnes per hour) of process steam and operates 24/7 all year round. The boiler has two motor-driven forced draft fans to provide the furnace air flow. Until recently, the two 220 kW 440 V motors were run at their nominal speed of 1750 rpm and […]
Read more14th July 2017
New CNC controller integrated with PLC controls complex production lines. Mitsubishi Electric has launched a hyper fast CNC controller that sits on the high-speed rack used by its powerful iQ-R Series PLC platform. Offering nanometre scale control over machine tool functions, the new C80 CNC controller and integrated iQ-R platform manages complex […]
Read more12th July 2017
Finding energy savings may mean replacing healthy motors. Most new equipment using electric motors of any size is optimised for energy consumption. However, there are still opportunities for reducing energy use in older motors, even if they are operating healthily. You just need to look for them. Clearly the larger the motor, […]
Read more10th July 2017
Compact AI algorithm cuts machine automation setup times from hours to minutes. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that it has developed a proprietary deep-reinforcement algorithm for artificial-intelligence (AI) machine control. The compact algorithm requires just one-fiftieth the number of trials compared to conventional AI control methods by dramatically reducing the number of trials required for precise […]
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