South East Water award Mitsubishi Electric a Framework Agreement for Automation Products

  South East Water award Mitsubishi Electric a Framework Agreement for Automation Products.   A new Framework Agreement between South East Water and Mitsubishi Electric has been agreed for four years with an option to extend for a further two years. The framework agreement covers the supply of PLCs, HMIs, VSDs and associated equipment, as […]

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Schneider Electric stand-alone HMI enclosures

    Schneider Electric stand-alone HMI enclosures.   Most modern machines are fitted with a Human Machine Interface (HMI) for machine operator control and process visualisation offered by HMIs. Local HMIs make the workplace more efficient and comfortable to the operator and add value to industrial and commercial machinery in food & beverage and other […]

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Mitsubishi protects high performing inverter drives to IP55

  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 […]

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ABB extends Ethernet and safety options for LV drives

    The demand for safety integrated fieldbuses and for plant wide Ethernet has led ABB to introduced a number of features and additional tools that offer users more options when connecting LV drives. They offer users fast, accurate control of processes as well as access to large amounts of data on how the process […]

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CEMEP | energy saving best practice for motor drives

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 […]

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