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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 […]
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, 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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A company producing extruded PVC-U profiles for double glazing product applications is using ABB’s synchronous reluctance (SynRM) motor to cut the number of motor failures on two of its main extruders. The SynRM replaced ageing servo motors, ensuring high reliability and maximum production time for the company from its extruders. Synseal Extrusions Ltd, based in […]
The biggest consumers of electricity are the electric motors used to drive pumps and fans within HVAC systems. If these motors can be made to run more efficiently, energy, CO₂ and financial savings will be made. As many pump and fan systems run at less than full capacity for much of the time, by installing […]
Quick supply of ABB drives helps water recycling centre recover from flooding! A water recycling centre has recovered from serious flooding thanks to quick work by ABB authorised value provider Inverter Drive Systems (IDS). The company was on site within two hours of receiving the call from North Ferry Water Recycling Centre to assess what […]
