IDS are ABB Inverter specialists. We specify, install, commission, repair, service and hire variable speed drives.
As avid followers of our social media accounts will know, we recently exhibited at MultiModal 2015. Multimodal is a freight transport, logistics and supply chain management event enjoying it’s ninth year. This was our first time at the show in any capacity and we were pleasantly surprised by the positive interest shown, doubtless down to the great achievements […]
The wall-mounted ACS580 is an all-compatible ABB general purpose drive. It turns complicated to simple to control processes efficiently. The drive controls a wide range of applications in different industries, and yet it requires very little setting up or commissioning. The control panel’s primary settings menu with assistants provide you a smart and quick way […]
The challenge of matching low voltage AC motors and AC drives for use in hazardous environments within the chemical, oil and gas industries has been overcome by ABB’s ATEX-approved motor-drive package. Because very few manufacturers make both motors and variable-speed drives, it is a major concern to the industry when searching for combinations that are […]
IDS are pleased to announce we are now working with Low Energy Consultancy(LEC) to assist large UK companies who have to comply with the Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme(ESOS). The deadline for first compliance with the ESOS is 5 December 2015, when all large business in the UK will be required to have undertaken a mandatory energy efficiency test. ESOS […]
…on your new role! We are saddened to announce that IDS Director, Zac Dorn has moved on to pastures new. Zac will be staying within the water industry and has secured a more ‘hands on role’. He will be sorely missed by IDS staff and customers alike.Zac has been a part of the IDS team for […]
A crusher is used to take large minerals and make them smaller. These can often be large, heavy machines. They are found at quarries and mines to produce the correct sized product for further processing or selling on to the customer. They come in various forms but are usually jaw, cone or impact (hammer) crushers. […]
IDS has been known to support a number of good causes over the years, in recent ones our team have actively supported the homeless by cycling from London to Paris, Ben’s Superstars, a local Foodbank and our intrepid MD has scaled Machu Picchu and Kilimanjaro and cycled hundreds of miles with clients for charity events. This […]
IDS, in conjunction with Consult Maskell are predicting to help Village Urban Resorts save nearly £500,000 annually, by reducing their energy consumption by nearly 5,000,000 kWh and carbon liability by 2770 tonnes of CO2. This was achieved by installing ABB inverters to their air handling units, pool, spa and other pumps. After trialling VSDs on […]
As members of the FSDF we went to the annual Business Affairs Seminar at Norbert Dentressangle, Northampton, however this year we also had an exhibition stand with enough room to demonstrate the balloon machine. Highlights of the FSDF Business Affairs Seminar 29 January 2015: Several speakers were on the agenda for the day, for the members […]
As of 1stJanuary 2015, the new European minimum energy performance standard (EU MEPS) comes into force, when all motors between 7.5 and 375 kW must either meet IE3 efficiency levels or meet IE2 if fitted with a variable-speed drive. IE2 motors do not have to be decommissioned and replaced, as there is no requirement under […]
