Vacon UK has launched an app for the drives industry. Available from the Apple store, it offers a source of easily accessible information about variable speed drives.
An ABB project that delivered over 7,000 MWh of savings has been recognised with an EEF Future Manufacturing Award for environmental efficiency.
The CFW11W water-cooled drive from WEG is claimed to offer up to 40 percent higher power in a more compact size than standard air-cooled inverters.
The German encoder designer and manufacturer Wachendorff Automation, represented in the UK by Variohm EuroSensor, has revised its range of incremental encoders with upgraded specifications and new design features.
The recently released EtherCAT versions of Leine & Linde’s 600 and 900 series absolute encoders are available from its UK representative, Mclennan.