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Variable speed drives: back to the features!

Variable speed drives: back to the features!

Nipun Sibal reminds us that, while we probably concentrated on subjects like speed and torque control in our supplement of twenty years ago, there's a lot more on offer from today's drives.

Modern drives: it's all about getting connected

Modern drives: it's all about getting connected

Rather than being viewed as a simple commodity, today’s integrated drive can help reduce costs, optimise operational efficiencies and maximise productivity. Andy Hodgson reports.

Decentralised drives bring energy savings and operational benefits

Decentralised drives bring energy savings and operational benefits

SEW Eurodrive’s Movigear mechatronic drive system combines high-efficiency gearing, motor and drive electronics in a single unit. We take a closer look at this decentralised drive product.

Drive-controller interaction: not what we are used to....

Drive-controller interaction: not what we are used to....

A small but very important change is happening in the world of drives, and it points the way ahead for a vast number of applications over the next twenty years, as Jonathan Smith reveals.

Drives: yesterday’s technology or tomorrow’s unsung heroes?

Drives: yesterday’s technology or tomorrow’s unsung heroes?

Inverter drives: have they changed much over the past 20 years? Parker’s David Blood and Grant Shoebridge discuss developments and make their predictions for drive technology.

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