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Gearbox failure on cooling tower fan applications is eliminated with an ABB motor-drive package designed specifically for such hot and humid operating environments. A traditional cooling tower drive system consists of an AC motor, a gearbox, pillow block bearings and shaft couplings to achieve the air flow required. Any one of these mechanical components runs […]
Why? Air conditioning pumps and fans are a common feature in most UK buildings. Generally these are operated via oversized fixed speed motors and have restrictors, for example valves or dampers to control the operation. How ? Variable Speed Drive solutions: Reduce motor speeds to optimise fan and pump delivery without restrictors Additional pipe work, […]
Balancing energy efficiency improvements with process control requirements is eliminated with ABB’s synchronous reluctance (SynRM) motor and variable-speed drive (VSD) packages. An innovative synchronous reluctance motor that combines all of the energy saving benefits of permanent magnet technology together with the service-friendliness of an induction motor platform paired with an ABB industrial drive and advanced […]
The BBC reported that National Grid has warned that its capacity to supply electricity this winter will be at a seven-year low due to generator closures and breakdowns. Spare electricity capacity, which ran at about 5% over the winter months last year, would be nearer 4% this year, National Grid said. Three years ago the […]
New fieldbus options provide drives’ users with fast, accurate control of processes as well as access to large amounts of data on how the process is behaving. Some of the latest variable-speed drives from ABB offer two option slots for fieldbus modules. These modules can be of different types, allowing, for example, a PROFIBUS module […]
It is a fact that 50% of the electricity generated in the UK is for industrial use. It is also a fact that 65% of this industrial electricity is used to run motors. Approximately 25% of this energy is wasted by inefficient mechanical control methods and frequent over-sizing of applications at the design stage. Over […]
It is a commonly held view in industry that an AC high efficiency motor and inverter is better in so many ways that an older DC motor and drive. These are the main reasons: Increased efficiency leading to power and cost savings. Reduced maintenance cost – no brushes, carbon, commutators or tachos to worry about. Reduced production […]
One of the UK’s largest producers of duck products is set to save £30,000 a year on freezing costs following the introduction of ABB variable-speed drives on its blast chiller application. Cherry Valley Farms of Lincolnshire rears some eight million ducks every year and processes 45,000 birds a day. Some are prepared as fresh duck […]
Quieter and higher reliability have resulted from fitting an ABB variable-speed drive to a damper tester used in the upgrade and refurbishment of railway equipment. Wabtec Rail Ltd, of Doncaster, refurbishes the dampers used on the front and rear of railway engines and rolling stock to reduce the shock loads when vehicles come together. The […]
A range of diagnosis and keypad display features from ABB cuts the time needed to investigate process interruptions in variable-speed drive applications. Drive trips occur to protect the driven machinery from faults that could cause damage and extended loss of production time. The diagnostic features and displays are designed to provide a highly effective set […]
