‘Variable Speed Drive’
An Engineeringtalk guide
Start with the news release
Safety relays simplify control-system design from
Eaton Corp, which we summarised at the time by saying "Safety relays in the Eaton Moeller ESR5 range simplify the design and implementation of control systems that meet safety and reliability standards.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release SDI torque pickup has internal digital data link from
Sensor Developments: "SDI's model 01424 can be utilised with a variety of instrumentation systems to measure rotating torque, including the 90386 USB Sensor Link. ".
In November 2009, we covered the news from Virtalis
- take a look at Virtalis installs immersive visualisation suite
which says: "Virtalis has designed and installed an immersive visualisation suite at Case New Holland (CNH) in Modena, Italy. ".
Take a look also at the news release from Parker Hannifin - Parker Sales UK, Parker team to develop wind-energy technology,
as well as Liquid pumps designed for oil, water and chemicals from Autoclave Engineers,
and Pitch gears with intelligent shaft sealing from Freudenberg Simrit LP.
Latest stories...
WEG motors drive Brazilian theme-park attractions (November 2009)
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.
Objet to exhibit rapid prototyping solution at TCT (November 2009)
Objet Geometries will exhibit its latest rapid prototyping solution, the Connex350, at TCT 2009.
LPC-395F fanless PC features removable storage (November 2009)
Stealth has released the Model LPC-395F, a rugged, small-footprint, fanless computer with integrated removable storage.
Rotary encoders provide 1nm and 2nm resolutions (November 2009)
Renishaw has introduced 1nm and 2nm resolution versions of its Tonic incremental encoder range.
RDP transducers give direct analogue output (November 2009)
RDP Electronics' rugged MTS R Series analogue transducers are suited to a range of industrial applications that require a direct analogue output for continuous measurement of displacement and speed.
Graphalloy bushings are flange-block mounted (November 2009)
A series of Graphalloy self-lubricating bushings mounted in stainless-steel flange blocks is now available from Graphite Metallizing Corporation.
Fastpack drives cut energy use in fans and pumps (November 2009)
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.
F1 car features parts produced using Objet printer (November 2009)
The front and rear aerofoils and elements of the wheel mechanisms and axel supports in a winning Formula 1 (F1) car were produced using an Objet Alaris30 3D printer.
Further reading
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Variable speed drives offer Modbus connectivity
The M-Max range of variable speed drives from Moeller allows users to select either V/f or sensorless flux detector control characteristics.
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Variable speed drive cuts fountain costs
The running costs of the Trenance Gardens fountain are now down to around GBP 2200, which means that the fountain's carbon emission footprint has been cut in half.
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