productA specialist steel manufacturer in
Rotherham is set to save £68,000 a
year on the energy costs of pumping
applications following the installation
of five ABB industrial drives.
The Tata Steel plant produces
speciality
productABB’s DriveSave is aimed
at industries like metal
processing, chemical, oil
& gas and pulp & paper
which are willing to
invest between £500,000
and £2m in achieving
target savings from
5000MWh and above per
year, wit
productSittingbourne-based Medway
Galvanising Company is set
to save more than £10,000 a
year in electrical energy costs
while also cutting CO2 by 60t
a year following installation
of an ABB standard drive on
the fan of its f
articleModern instrumentation and control systems are allowing
many users in the process industries to adopt true,
predictive maintenance regimes for the first time. However,
says Mark Allinson of ABB, this strategy can only work
productTI Automotive of Flint makes HDPE
plastic fuel tanks for global automakers.
Looking to cut bills, the
company asked ABB Drives Alliance
member Central Group to investigate
where energy use could be reduced.
With pro
productFoxs Biscuits has improved the quality of its products and potentially reduced the amount of wastage that old slip-ring motors gave and has also improved its ability to develop new products following the installation of an ABB standard drive on one of its dough mixers.
productAberthaw Power Station in Wales is saving £350,000 on oil costs following the installation of ABB variable speed drives (VSDs).
productWhat is said to be worlds first IE4 synchronous reluctance motor and drive package (SynRM) from ABB has replaced an induction motorbased variable-speed drive package at South Staffs Water, resulting in an additional 6% energy saving.
productABB has introduced a new 2-pole motor to complete its high voltage modular induction range.
productABB has won the Environmental
Contribution of the Year award at the
Pump Industry Awards. ABB and its
partner Halcyon Drives won the
2013 award for a pump control
system that is saving £68,000 a year
on energy costs for Tata Steel.
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