ABB, a global leader in innovation and technology, will be featuring its reliable, highly efficient motor and drive solutions at Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia, August 20-22 in Houston, Texas, U.S.

For many retrofit projects, the use of a VFD seems like a “no brainer.” Drives are now cheaper and more reliable than ever, and the benefits of efficient control of motors can’t be beat. Still, there ...

This is backed by new, independent research showing that drives make a major contribution in constant flow applications, where they boost efficiency by eliminating the need to oversize equipment or ...

The way we control the speed of fan motors or pump motors has tremendously changed in the past two decades with the introduction of variable-frequency drives (VFDs), aka variable-frequency controllers ...

Keydrivers for fixed displacement or dual displacement pump systems are energyefficiency and the need for new hydraulic motion control concepts in marketswhere energy usage plays a vital role. These ...

What particular design/construction features in variable-speed drives contribute to higher productivity, and why? Markus/B&R USA: Design features contributing to higher productivity include motor type ...

Altivar 212 variable speed drives and the S-Flex enclosed version are designed to provide OEMs and control panel builders with energy efficient and economical solutions for pump and fan applications.

El Segundo, Calif.&#8212International Rectifier's IRMCF371 serves as the hub of a sensorless sinusoidal motor control platform that touts quieter operation and higher efficiency for variable-speed ...

A recent trend in nuclear power plant upgrades has been the replacement of the motor-generator (MG) sets that drive the reactor circulating pumps with variable-frequency drives (VFD). Siemens’ first ...

Variable speed pumps have been around for years. As I mentioned in last month’s article, I used the technology at my own home at the turn of the century. A control varied the speed of a pump in an ...

It is interesting to look at figures from the Energy Information Administration about where energy gets consumed in our economy. These figures reveal that industrial uses account for 31% of all energy ...