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Whistle-stop tour

Rockwell Automation has unveiled the 2014 tour dates of its regional Automation University – arguably the EMEA region’s most significant and exciting free manufacturing event.

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Vacon opens Croatian office

AC drives manufacturer Vacon has strengthened its foothold and ability to provide local support for its customers in the Adriatic area by opening a representative office in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.

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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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Optimised production at copper mine

ABB has won an order for a three-year service agreement from Codelco (Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile), the world’s largest copper producer. ABB will maintain and optimise the installed gearless mill drive system and related equipment at Codelco’s Andina copper mine

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£19,000 saved on pumping energy costs

A water pumping station in Lancashire is saving over £19,000 per year on its energy costs following the replacement of its existing Heenan variable-speed drives with new drives from ABB. The Drummer’s Lane water pumping station, owned by United Utilities, is an

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New dimension of scalability

Rockwell Automation has significantly expanded its Integrated Architecture portfolio for smaller applications with a series of scalable, Allen-Bradley CompactLogix programmable automation controllers (PACs), servo drives, I/O, visualisation and simplification tools.

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Drive upgrade enhances thruster performance

A 15-year life cycle extension and improved dynamic performance is being achieved on a fleet of seismic survey vessels, following the upgrade of a variable-speed drive system by engineering specialist, Dynamotive. The fleet, owned by Petroleum Geophysical Services (PGS) of Norway, has

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AC/DC sensitive residual current monitoring modules

Unexpected operational interruptions and malfunctions often cost organisations time and money, and may have a negative impact on production and delivery dates. Therefore, the ability to detect impending operational interruptions at an early stage is increasingly being given top priority in modern

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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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