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A drives family dedicated to manufacturing automation

21/11/2012

Control Techniques (CT) has chosen the SPS/IPC/Drives event in Nuremberg later this month to launch one of its most significant product portfolios in years - the all-new Unidrive M, a family of drives tailored specifically for manufacturing automation applications. This is a strategic move for the company, as it sets out to target more closely the needs of its very wide customer base.

PM ac motor redefines energy efficiency

10/10/2012

Regal redefines electric motor efficiency with its Marathon SyMAX permanent magnet ac motors, which surpass European IE4 efficiency levels, five years ahead of their scheduled implementation.

Marathon motor gives dc the brush-off

25/09/2012

When a dc motor driving the main compounder at JFC Plastics' site started to cause problems, the company looked to change the drive package completely, not only to improve efficiency and reliability, but also avoid the costly and frequent maintenance work required by the dc system. JFC worked with the team at Regal UK to specify a system that would provide the low speed torque, energy efficiency and reliability required by this application.

Co-ordinating motor drive systems for best efficiency

14/09/2012

When it comes to pumps and fans, cost of energy is a more useful measurement than more traditional efficiency measures such as best efficiency flow. Frank Griffith explains the reasoning behind this assumption.

Driving industry to make energy efficiencies