ABB Limited
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Central inverter series extended

ABB’s central inverter series,
PVS800, is now available in 875 and
1000kW versions. The central
inverters are said to
reduce overall system
cost and to have higher
total efficiency with a
compact and easy-tomaintain
design. The
operating temperature and
altitude rating are extended and the
modular direct current input design
provides greater flexibility for system
integrators.
The PVS800 has a 98.8%
maximum efficiency. This figure is
improved at partial loads to provide
a Euro e

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Star addition

Alec Warner has joined Star
GB as engineering manager,
continuing a successful
career in engineering and
applications that has spanned
almost 20 years in companies
such as Cincinnati Machines,
600 Group, and Mills CNC.

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Appointment announced

Ramachandra Karamongikar has been appointed head of ABB’s newly formed electrical systems group within its UK oil, gas and petrochemicals business covering the UK and Caspian regions.

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Wireless thermocouple

Tata Steel is trialling a novel thermocouple from ABB that generates the energy needed to drive it from the heat in the surrounding process.

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ABB helps turn up the heat

Six ABB medium voltage motors are providing the compression stage for the world’s largest district-wide natural heat pump system.

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Cave train role

ABB Drives Alliance member Sentridge Control has supplied four ABB ACS 800 industrial drives, each of 30kW, and four ABB high-efficiency 37kW motors to power the train that takes visitors to the Al Hoota cave, a two-million year-old natural cave system, deep in the desert of Oman.

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Latest drives boost process efficiency

Are you getting the best from your drives? Replacing them with more modern products that offer better efficiency and more capable software could transform your process and save even more energy, as Neil Ritchie, local business unit manager, drives & controls, ABB explains explains

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Baler costs cut

Northampton-based Smurfit Kappa, a manufacturer of cardboard packing, is saving almost £2800 a year on electrical energy costs following the installation of an ABB variable-speed drive on its baler machine.

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