When making any purchase, price clearly matters. However, when it comes to variable speed drives (VSDs) and electric motors, as ABB’s David Hughes explains, the price tag does not always reflect what is included with your purchase.
For a recent major upgrade to its La Rosière desalination plant, Jersey Water chose VLT AQUA Drives from Danfoss.
A high accuracy brushed pancake motor from Printed Motor Works is being used in a new ultraprecise rotary table developed by metrology manufacturer Rotary Precision Instruments.
According to the Health and Safety Executive’s guidance for the safe operation and use of mobile jaw crushers, equipment operators may be subject to multiple risks, including exposure to dust, noise, whole-body vibration and being struck by objects ejected from the crusher.
It might seem a strange statement, but yes, you read that right – there are certain operating conditions where servo motors that should be big enough for an application are actually too small!