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Compact air-cooled drives developed
With advanced air-cooling techniques Danfoss has now expanded its VLT range to 1200kW at voltages from 380V right through to 690V.
News from Engineeringtalk, 4 April 2007
Air handling units save airport 1,000,000kWh
Annual energy savings at Belfast International Airport will top 1,000,000kWh following the refurbishment of a number of the terminal's air handling units.
News from Engineeringtalk, 4 April 2007
Gearbox manufacturer saves GBP 17,000 a year
A major automotive gearbox manufacturer has realised energy savings of over GBP 17,000 per annum on the pumps driving one of its machine tool cooling fluid circuits.
News from Engineeringtalk, 4 April 2007
Vector drives answer medical manufacturing needs
Advances in AC drive technology have helped a Leeds company win a valuable order for a machine order for Korea and subsequently for Japan.
News from Engineeringtalk, 5 July 2006
HVAC drives cruise the world
The air handing units and chiller pumps on board the world's most luxurious cruise ship are equipped with a total of over 80 Danfoss VLT HVAC drives.
News from Engineeringtalk, 11 May 2006
690V, 630kW drives suit use of optional fusing
690V drives up to 630kW suit the use of optional fusing and disconnects and have an efficiency better than 98%, reducing heat losses.
News from Engineeringtalk, 24 March 2006
Drive keeps peas flowing
Drive controlled by safety relay eliminates the need for individual output contactors, saving cost and panel space on high speed pea canning line.
News from Engineeringtalk, 7 March 2006
Drive keeps them dancing in Copenhagen
Drive powers cooling unit in hotel party room and this keeps power consumption and noise down, and, due to the drive's smart logic controller, there is no need for an external PLC control unit.
News from Engineeringtalk, 7 March 2006
Drive cuts costs and saves energy at dairy
Following the installation of a variable speed drive on an 11kW boiler forced draft fan, a dairy has achieved energy savings of 47,000kWh a year and reduced carbon emissions by 5.52 tonnes per year.
News from Engineeringtalk, 7 March 2006
Expanded role for Pickering
Tony Pickering, Danfoss Motion Controls UK Sales Director, has been appointed to head up sales across Northern Europe.
News from Engineeringtalk, 7 March 2006
Drive keeps water flowing in Nebraska
Variable speed drive controlled pump system lets Nebraska City Utilities provide reliable water pressure throughout the area even when the water tower is out of service for maintenance.
News from Engineeringtalk, 7 February 2006
Rapson leads water charge
Danfoss appoints Craig Rapson to lead offensive on water and waste water industry.
News from Engineeringtalk, 6 February 2006
Variable speed drives transform spray paint line
Variable speed drives refurbish enamel spray paint line and save oven manufacturer thousands of pounds on replacement motors and a larger sum on reduced downtime and improved production quality.
News from Engineeringtalk, 6 February 2006
Pump maker signs exclusive drive deal
Pump maker Armstrong Holden Brooke Pullen has signed an agreement with Danfoss for the exclusive worldwide supply of drives with sensorless control software for circulating pumps.
News from Engineeringtalk, 7 September 2005
Drives prove popular in UK HVAC market
Danfoss has demonstrated that physical size, or lack of it to be precise, as opposed to rating, does matter when it comes to buying drives.
News from Engineeringtalk, 10 August 2005
Disk describes AC drives in HVAC
HVAC Planet is billed as the most comprehensive guide currently available on AC drive control and applications within the HVAC sector.
News from Engineeringtalk, 4 August 2005
Alliance combines drives with safety technology
Danfoss Drives and Pilz have entered into a collaboration to combine drives and safety technology.
News from Engineeringtalk, 3 August 2005
Drive promises cost-effective solutions
The AutomationDrive FC300 is based around a "common platform" concept to run any application of any rating on a production line.
News from Engineeringtalk, 29 April 2005
Top power density for uprated drives
Danfoss is claiming a market lead in AC drives of unrivalled power density.
News from Engineeringtalk, 6 April 2004
Compact soft starts keep their cool
The VLT MCD 200 is a compact new addition to the Danfoss soft-start portfolio.
News from Engineeringtalk, 6 April 2004
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