ABB has won a contract to supply two medium voltage drives to a water project that will form a vital part of the water supply system for the North West of England. The drives will control pumping for the £125m West East
Additional EMC filtering options, configurable analogue inputs and enhanced fieldbus connectivity are among the many new features that have been added to the latest M-MAX variable speed drives from Eaton's Electrical Sector, which are available with ratings up to 7.5kW. Featuring compact
ABB launches its drives and motors swappage scheme, allowing companies to trade in their old products from any manufacturer for new ABB drives and motors. The scheme offers at least 17.5% discount off published list prices for new drives from 0.12 kW
ABB has helped wind power generation experts quietrevolution ltd to develop an innovative wind turbine to capture wind power in areas never before exploited. Architects, developers and local councils are showing strong interest in the company's QR5, a vertical axis wind turbine
ABB has won a £1.6m order from Outokumpu for variable AC drives for the fume extraction system at its Sheffield plant. The project sees ABB supply four 1.2 MW fan drive systems to provide fume extraction for Outokumpu's stainless melting and continuous
Users of ABB industrial drives and ABB standard drives can now see exactly how much energy they are saving with a new application that displays the information on the drive's screen. The drives' built-in energy efficiency parameters work out energy savings of
Drives can be easily connected to a HVAC system with BACnet, using an IP router from ABB. The RBIP-01 router eliminates the need for gateways and is compatible with all ABB HVAC drives, including older product generations. The RBIP-01 router transfers data between
Control Techniques' new intelligent DC drive, Mentor MP, was publicly unveiled at the Nuremberg SPS/IPC exhibition in 2008, and the launch was a great success with units in the 25A to 210A range now in service around the world. At Nuremberg 2009
Drives from ABB are said to have helped one of the UK's largest holiday park operators save £77,000 a year on its energy bills for its swimming pools. Bourne Leisure, which owns brands such as Haven, Butlins and Warner Leisure hotels, has
Schneider Electric has announced the creation of a dedicated drives team within its industry business, headed up by the recently appointed national drives sales manager, Tony Pickering (pictured). Pickering joined Schneider Electric from Danfoss where he created a robust sales network across
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