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Variable frequency drives are user-friendly, efficient and robust

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation has launched its new PowerXL variable frequency drives with a rating up to 250 kW at this year’s SPS/IPC/Drives in Nuremberg. With this launch the company is expanding its lean strategy in the machine building and panel

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Drives have major role in RSC automation

The four-year, £112m transformation of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon has included a major project to automate the movements of back-drops and scenery as well as the complex system of lighting arrays. At the heart of the project, designed and installed

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Energy and safety debates top of the agenda at Drives & Controls

With only weeks to go, the NEC is set to become the focus of the largest manufacturing  and engineering event of 2012. The Drives and Controls Exhibition – co-located  with the International Fluid Power Exhibition (IFPEX), Air-Tech, and The Plant  and Asset

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Drives save €1,000 a week for county council

An ABB low voltage AC drive has cut pump maintenance costs for a local authority by €1,000 a week. The water services department of Laois County Council in the Republic of Ireland had problems with the sewage pump at its Connolly Street

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New high-power drives

In the first of several planned extensions, Rockwell Automation has expanded the power range of its Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 755 AC drives to 450 kW/700 Hp, providing users with increased application flexibility. Featuring advanced diagnostics and a convenient roll-out design, the PowerFlex 755

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Drives save £20,000 HVAC energy costs

Operators of an office building in Reigate, Surrey, are saving £20,000 a year on energy costs for the building's HVAC system following the installation of ABB standard drives for HVAC. The Omnibus building was completed in 2001. Based on a disused bus

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Demand drives manufacturing to full capacity

Responding to a growing demand for Kevlar brand products, DuPont Protection Technologies has restored all Kevlar manufacturing facilities to operate at full capacity. In addition, construction of a new Kevlar plant at DuPont's Cooper River site in South Carolina continues to move

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