‘Electric Drives’
An Engineeringtalk guide
Start with the news release
WEG motors drive Brazilian theme-park attractions from
WEG Electric Motors, which we summarised at the time by saying "WEG motors, inverters and soft starters are allowing the safe operation of equipment at the Beto Carrero World theme park, located in Santa Catarina, Brazil. ".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Emerson installs controls at Korean plants from
Emerson Process Management: "Emerson Process Management has been selected by Korea Southern East Power Company (KOSEP) to install its Ovation expert control system at two power generation facilities in Korea. ".
In November 2009, we covered the news from Micromech
- take a look at Fastpack drives cut energy use in fans and pumps
which says: "Micromech has released the Parker SSD drives for fans and pumps, a range of three-phase industrial drives designed to help save energy in applications up to 110kW.".
Take a look also at the news release from Kabelschlepp Metool, Kabelschlepp cable carriers reduce ESD risk,
as well as Pan-and-tilt positioner integrates electronics from Aerotech,
and Vishay enters strategic partnership with Schneider from Vishay Nobel.
Latest stories...
Nexans to supply ice-resistant control system (October 2009)
Nexans has been awarded a contract by Sevmash, a Russian shipbuilding company, to develop, manufacture and supply low-temperature and ice-resistant control, instrumentation and power cables.
AC drives permit wider use of magnet motors (October 2009)
Parker Hannifin has launched a range of AC drives that allows energy-efficient permanent magnet motors to be used in a wide range of pump, fan and compressor applications.
Infolytica simulation software has 3D solvers (October 2009)
Infolytica has released MagNet, ElecNet and ThermNet version 7 with multi-threaded 3D solvers.
Festo develops low-cost electric actuator (October 2009)
Festo has entered the low-cost electric actuator market with the launch of a toothed belt drive axis that combines cost-optimised design rules with precision engineering.
SICK laser sensor increases roof tile production (October 2009)
SICK UK laser sensor technology installed at Monier Redland's Leighton Buzzard plant is improving production efficiency on the roofing tile line.
NSK to show fuel-efficient automotive technologies (October 2009)
NSK will exhibit at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show, which is scheduled to be held from 21 October until 4 November.
Herma uses label detection sensors from Leuze (October 2009)
Herma, a manufacturer of self-adhesive labels and label machinery, has been using sensors from Leuze Electronic to detect, identify and protect personnel in its new warehouse and logistics centre.
REO filter ensures EMC compliance (October 2009)
Bowman Power has incorporated an EMC filter from REO in its high-efficiency diesel electricity generation system to meet EMC compliance standards.
Further reading
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Guide has motor feedback for electric drives
Sick Stegmann has available a new guide to motor feedback systems for electric drives.
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New opportunities in French electric drives market
Valued at $305.0 million in 2004, the French electric drives market is likely to reach $347.4 million by 2011 at a compound annual growth rate of 1.8%.
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