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Where we start determines where we are heading

04/04/2013

Where does 2012 leave the European variable speed drives (VSD) market? Steve Brambley, deputy director of Gambica and convener of the organisation’s VSD group, looks at the last five years and gazes into his crystal ball to determine what the next five years may hold for the sector.

Satellite positioning using miniature dc motors

04/04/2013

Scottish based business Clyde Space, is exploring new and exciting opportunities using Nano-satellites controlled by brushless dc motors. The company's UKube-1 is the UK’s first CubeSat mission and Scotland’s first satellite. It was launched via a Russian Soyuz-2 rocket last month from the Baikonur Cosmodrone in Kazakhstan.

Reliance’s ‘Cool Muscle’ delivers accurate tidal simulation

26/03/2013

In January 2013, a paper was published by two petroleum engineers from Curtin University (Australia) and Imperial College London (UK) which investigated how the action of tides can affect oil and water saturations in the capillary transition zone.

Saving energy with PM synchronous motors

04/01/2013

A direct product comparison test was recently conducted to see how a Bauer Gear Motor IE4 rated, super premium efficiency permanent magnetic (PM) synchronous motor performed against a standard asynchronous motor. The test was carried out on a Huber disc thickener, at a waste water treatment plant in Germany, in partnership with inverter drive specialist Danfoss.

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