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Soft starter fitted to hydro power system
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 Engineeringtalk, 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 Engineeringtalk, 5 February 2007
Green power plant relies on soft starters
Soft starters help to cleanly produce 6MW of electricity in a Plymouth landfill gas extraction site.
News from Engineeringtalk, 15 January 2007
Soft starters are key to green energy generation
Fairford is demonstrating the ongoing relevance of well established soft starter technology to a newer and greener form of energy generation
News from Engineeringtalk, 7 December 2006
Soft starters save in quarrying applications
Soft starters provide cost savings, and prevent failures of power transmission components in quarrying applications, says James Bowler of Fairford Electronics.
News from Engineeringtalk, 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 Engineeringtalk, 15 September 2006
Soft starter gives a lift to West Country home
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 Engineeringtalk, 10 August 2006
Soft starters have the gentle touch on plant
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 Engineeringtalk, 28 June 2006
Soft starters provide a greener shredding solution
Soft starters have overcome problems of limited supply capacity and high peak demand charges experienced by Evergreen Security Shredding.
News from Engineeringtalk, 19 June 2006
Soft starters drive quarry pumps
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 Engineeringtalk, 27 April 2006
Soft starters prevent floods in Cornwall
Soft starters chosen by the Environment Agency for flood prevention scheme on the River Polmorla in Wadebridge, Cornwall.
News from Engineeringtalk, 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 Engineeringtalk, 26 December 2005
Soft starters save by optimising power factor
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 Engineeringtalk, 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 Engineeringtalk, 2 September 2005
Soft starters cut downtime at treatment plant
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 Engineeringtalk, 27 July 2005
Replacement soft starters excite exhibition
Fairford achieved considerable levels of success from its participation at the recent Hanover Fair.
News from Engineeringtalk, 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 Engineeringtalk, 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 Engineeringtalk, 5 May 2005
Soft starters promise a speedy payback
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 Engineeringtalk, 4 March 2005
Soft starters offer cost-effective solution
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.
News from Engineeringtalk, 14 January 2005
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