ABB is supplying two
variable speed drives and
accompanying motors to
Rochdale-based Farrel, a
manufacturer of processing
equipment for the plastics
and rubber industries. The
drives will run Farrel’s
Intermix batch mixer
machines for two Chinese
customers that produce
rubber compounds for
automotive tyres.

The Intermix is used in
rubber and plastics
applications and is
particularly designed for
technical rubber products.

ABB’s order comprises two
ABB industrial drives and
appropriate ABB motors, one
set of 1400kW and the other
of 1000kW.

For the Chinese
applications, the ABB
1000kW drive and motor can
provide an overload current
of 150%, while the 1400kW
package can provide an
Automation solutions spec- overload current of 180%.