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Variable-speed drive reduces machine load demand, avoiding costly upgrade while improving productivity A £50,000 upgrade to a company’s electrical supply is avoided by installing an ABB drive to reduce the current drawn by a new wood chipping machine. The installed production machinery at garden and architectural stonework specialist, Haddonstone, was collectively drawing 200 A, and […]
A surface water pumping station expects to cut the energy use of two submersible pumps by between 10 and 15 percent following the installation of ABB variable-speed drives (VSDs). The VSDs also avoid the cost of installing a new transformer and improve the reliability of the site’s pumping system. Susworth Pumping Station, located in Lincolnshire, […]
The drive was installed on a 4 kW sewage aerator at the Swallow unmanned treatment works in Lincolnshire. Wayne Barley, Northern Energy and Efficiency Engineer for Anglian Water, says: “The vertical rotor of the aerator was set on a duty cycle of 20 minutes off, 20 minutes on. Working in this way, there were frequent […]
Warehouse Energy Saving – An inverter installation at the Movianto Warehousing Facility in conjunction with local Commercial Electrical Engineers & Contractors, Lockcraft Electrical. Warehouse Energy Saving – Case Study Large logistics and warehousing facilities can save money by installing ABB inverters from IDS, up to as much as 44% per year off the energy bill! […]
One of the biggest challenges data centres have (apart from the obvious security measures) is keeping the computers cool. Overheating is a constant danger. Any form of ‘down time’ can be disastrous. To combat this data centres employ various chilling equipment; condensers, chilled water pumps, chiller compressors and air handling units (AHUs). Saving Energy in […]
A free energy efficiency motor audit was undertaken to look into energy savings within a scientific studies building at a university in Cambridge. University Energy Saving Potentials The findings revealed that there were 12 AHUs (Air Handling Units) at the university. There are two 5.5 kW motors on each extract fan that run 24 hours […]
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 […]
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 […]
