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Listing of all 37 news releases from Fairford Electronics:

Soft starter fitted to hydro power system

User application article A turbine system at the Mill House using a DFE soft starter will provide basically free electricity for between three and four decades.

News from Fairford Electronics (30 March 2007)

Soft starter cuts food industry carbon emissions

Fitting SPOSS soft starters to the electric motors used on refrigerators, freezers, chillers, and compressors allows energy demand to be reduced immediately by 10-18% per unit.

News from Fairford Electronics ( 5 February 2007)

Green power plant relies on soft starters

User application article Soft starters help to cleanly produce 6MW of electricity in a Plymouth landfill gas extraction site.

News from Fairford Electronics (15 January 2007)

Soft starters are key to green energy generation

User application article Fairford is demonstrating the ongoing relevance of well established soft starter technology to a newer and greener form of energy generation

News from Fairford Electronics ( 7 December 2006)

Soft starters save in quarrying applications

Technical background article Soft starters provide cost savings, and prevent failures of power transmission components in quarrying applications, says James Bowler of Fairford Electronics.

News from Fairford Electronics ( 3 October 2006)

Follett to lead sales and marketing initiatives

Fairford's sales and marketing team has been strengthened by the recruitment of Nigel Follett who is leading a number of new initiatives.

News from Fairford Electronics (15 September 2006)

Soft starter gives a lift to West Country home

User application article Allard Lifts has used a Fairford SPOSS single-phase soft starter to control an elevator up a steep 38m-long slope in a private residence at Salcombe in Devon.

News from Fairford Electronics (10 August 2006)

Soft starters have the gentle touch on plant

Technical background article Soft starters for electric motors protect and extend the life of belts, chains, gearboxes, bearings and machine mountings, says James Bowler of Fairford Electronics.

News from Fairford Electronics (28 June 2006)

Soft starters provide a greener shredding solution

User application article Soft starters have overcome problems of limited supply capacity and high peak demand charges experienced by Evergreen Security Shredding.

News from Fairford Electronics (19 June 2006)

Soft starters drive quarry pumps

User application article Soft starters in the harsh environment of a Devonshire quarry provide soft starting and soft stopping of 37, 45 and 75kW motors that drive pumps to extract water from the quarry workings.

News from Fairford Electronics (27 April 2006)

Soft starters prevent floods in Cornwall

User application article Soft starters chosen by the Environment Agency for flood prevention scheme on the River Polmorla in Wadebridge, Cornwall.

News from Fairford Electronics ( 1 February 2006)

Soft starters slot into hazardous areas

Fairford Electronics has joined forces with JCE Europe to offer a range of Ex flameproof enclosures incorporating the Fairford SDF Star Delta replacement soft starter.

News from Fairford Electronics (26 December 2005)

Soft starters save by optimising power factor

Technical background article Fixed-speed motors comprise the largest number in industry use today, but their potential for savings is largely ignored, says James Bowler, of Fairford Electronics.

News from Fairford Electronics (13 October 2005)

Soft starters are high-efficiency alternative

The Startmaster55 is a fully integrated complete soft starter solution for electric motors up to 22kW.

News from Fairford Electronics ( 2 September 2005)

Soft starters cut downtime at treatment plant

User application article Fairford Electronics has worked with long-standing partner Jayshree Electron to provide soft starting and soft stopping control on aerator motors at the MMC water treatment plant that serves Bombay.

News from Fairford Electronics (27 July 2005)

Replacement soft starters excite exhibition

Fairford achieved considerable levels of success from its participation at the recent Hanover Fair.

News from Fairford Electronics ( 4 July 2005)

Soft starter steps in to upgrade star/delta units

The low cost SDF soft starter fits in the same space as a conventional star/delta starter, and provides motor protection by offering the key benefits of both soft starting and soft stopping.

News from Fairford Electronics (24 June 2005)

Website spells out soft starter advantages

The new Fairford website aims to provide everything an electrical engineer needs to know about soft starters, quickly, at the click of a button.

News from Fairford Electronics ( 5 May 2005)

Soft starters promise a speedy payback

User application article The value of energy surveys was underlined recently at Numatic International following the visit of a consultant from the South West and Action Energy Scheme.

News from Fairford Electronics ( 4 March 2005)

Soft starters offer cost-effective solution

User application article Although variable speed drives are indispensable for motor control in many water treatment applications, there are at least as many applications that do not demand the complexity and the cost of VSDs.