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IE5 motor efficiency standard could help government’s climate change ambitions

IE5 motor efficiency standard could help government’s climate change ambitions

The UK government’s bold climate-stabilising target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 would be helped significantly by the adoption of IE5 standards for electric motor efficiency, says David Ede, Business Development Manager at TEC Motors.

Rotamec rewind service helps a leading brewery to keep its fizz

Rotamec rewind service helps a leading brewery to keep its fizz

Ensuring redundancy in large scale manufacturing operations is key to any plant manager’s peace of mind. In the beverage industry, where processing speeds are high and profit margins per unit low, securing redundancy is especially important towards promoting uptime. One world famous brewery has turned to Rotamec, an electro-mechanical service provider to industry, who secured its production line by carrying out a specialist motor rewind and refurbishment within seven weeks.

Encoderless safety: drive-integrated safety without an encoder

Encoderless safety: drive-integrated safety without an encoder

What is the goal of functional safety? To minimise the risks posed by technical equipment to humans and the environment. Machine tools, for example, can endanger operators and technicians with tools that rotate at high speeds. Drive technology that ensures the required safety functions without encoders offers the user various advantages, says Mark Checkley of KEB.

Bauer TorqueControl4.0 converts 130-year old technology into a smart drive

Bauer TorqueControl4.0 converts 130-year old technology into a smart drive

The squirrel cage asynchronous motor was invented in 1889; 130 years later it is still one of the most frequently used electric motor designs for standard industrial applications.

New developments in pneumatic guided drives

New developments in pneumatic guided drives

Aruj Abbas, Product Manager at Festo, explains why pneumatic guided drives are getting smaller and explores the latest devices to market.

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