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Brushless DC motors optimise performance for medical ventilators

04/03/2025

In modern medicine, ventilators have significantly enhanced patient survival rates. Providing essential airflow when natural breathing is insufficient to sustain life, these devices support people undergoing surgery, tackling lung issues, suffering pulmonary ailments, or facing otherwise imminent failure of bodily functions.

Is human comfort compatible with energy efficiency?

04/03/2025

In a building’s HVAC systems, there’s only so much efficiency you can achieve before you start having to make trade-offs in terms of occupant comfort. However, achieving maximum comfort with minimum energy usage doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game, as ABB’s Carl Turbitt explains.

Mastering motor control

07/01/2025

In industrial facilities, electric motors drive everything from conveyor belts to fans and compressors. Now, with the cost of energy rising, manufacturers are trying to find new ways to reduce consumption – and motors are in the spotlight. Here, Tom Cash, Director of Foxmere, explains how manufacturers can improve motor control through the use of soft starters, variable frequency drives (VFDs) and DC motors.

Delivering HVAC efficiency with permanent magnet motors

03/12/2024

Faced with fluctuating energy prices and increasingly stringent environmental regulations, countless industries are searching for more sustainable and energy-efficient technologies. HVAC is no exception to this trend, but has one key advantage over many other sectors: it already has access to powerful, energy-efficient technology in the form of permanent magnet (PM) motors, paired with variable frequency drives (VFDs).

WEG: The journey from local electric motor manufacturer to global industrial player

05/11/2024

Over the decades, WEG has expanded its operations internationally, beginning with exports in the 1970s. Today, it operates in 37 countries and produces millions of motors and transformers annually. Here, the company talks us through its new WEG Industrial Park in Portugal, and its ongoing efforts in innovation and sustainability within the industrial landscape.

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Brushless DC motors optimise performance for medical ventilators

Is human comfort compatible with energy efficiency?

Mastering motor control

Delivering HVAC efficiency with permanent magnet motors

WEG: The journey from local electric motor manufacturer to global industrial player