IDS are ABB Inverter specialists. We specify, install, commission, repair, service and hire variable speed drives.
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 […]
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 […]
A hospital is set to save around £15,000 a year on air handling costs following the installation of variable-speed drives (VSDs) by ABB authorised value provider Inverter Drive Systems (IDS). he project involved fitting ABB drives to a number of air handling units (AHUs) in Bedford Hospital’s maternity and pathology departments, cutting air volumes to […]
A local pharmaceutical plant is saving £126,000 a year on its energy bills following the installation of ABB variable-speed drives by Inverter Drive Systems Ltd. This company produces toiletries and medicines. With such a large pharmaceutical operation, the company’s plant in Nottingham uses hundreds of pumps and fans on many different applications. To control the […]
Once again IDS has been in the industry press sharing the great energy saving results we are able to achieve, this time we featured in the Drives and Controls magazine. The article below highlights the energy and cost savings we provided for Smurfit Kappa at their Northampton facility, specifically looking at how we improved the energy […]
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! We have recently provided a free energy efficiency motor audit at a large warehouse and logistics plant in Milton Keynes, with a range of air handling and chiller compressor units. We […]
ABB is helping a major producer of energy from coal mine methane (CMM) to cut its pumping costs by using variable-speed drives (VSDs) to make its process more reliable. The VSDs ensure the pumps are not over stressed, allowing them to last longer. Alkane Energy is one of the UK’s fastest growing independent power generators. The […]
One of the UK’s major producers of ready meals is saving 25 percent a year on its cooling costs by employing a single 55 kW ABB variable-speed drive (VSD). Saladworks of Leicester supplies 135 different ready-meal products to four of the UK’s major retailers. The company asked ABB Drives Alliance member, Inverter Drive Systems (IDS), […]
Animal feed mills generally manufacture food pellets, chicken feed, pet feed etc. for this type of manufacturer we are concerned with 4 of the mill’s processes, in this case study we are focusing on only one of these, the cooler fans. Case Study at an Animal Feed Mill – Data Logging We fitted a data logger […]
One of the UK’s largest producers of pastry based products has saved 23 per cent on its heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) energy costs following installation of ABB variable-speed drives at its Callington plant in Cornwall. Tamar Foods produces five million pastry based products a week, including sausage rolls, pasties and pies, for major […]
