productNorthern Ireland-based Heron Brothers, manufacturer of timber doors and windows, is saving £13,000 a year on electricity costs following installation of five ABB general purpose drives, ACS550, to control the speed of five extractor fans used to remove wood dust from machinery.
productTwo UK plastic bag machine support specialists have co-operated to launch a machine offering new levels of programmability and bag production flexibility.
productLeading provider of fluid motion and control products and services, Flowserve Corp., is using ABB variable-speed drives (VSDs) and motors for quick and easy testing of its new pump variants at different speeds.
productFlowserve Corp is using ABB variable-speed drives (VSDs) and motors for quick and easy testing of its new pump variants at different speeds.
productInstallation of ABB drives in an Air Handling Unit (AHU) at the British Airways’ Flight Training Centre means pilots are benefiting from a quieter Flight Simulator environment. The AHU is used to cool the flight deck and instruments on a Boeing 777 Flight Simulator.
productABB has launched a new safety PLC which offers flexible and powerful programming facilities that speed and simplify the development of safe control solutions for complex control applications.
articleWith continued uncertainty surrounding energy prices and increasing demand for resources globally, manufacturers are under huge pressure to reduce energy usage or face the consequences of spiralling costs. John Guthrie, energy manager for drives & controls, ABB Ltd., explains how businesses can manage rising costs through adopting variable-speed drive technology
productA producer of ready meals, Saladworks of Leicester, UK, is saving 25% a year on its cooling costs by employing a single 55kW ABB variable-speed drive (VSD).
productSevern Trent Water is saving a total of £100,000 per year on energy and maintenance costs across a number of its wastewater treatment plants following the installation of reactive pump control technology from ABB and its Drives Alliance member, Inverter Drive Systems (IDS).
productProducing 30t of frozen chips an hour, the McCain Food’s plant at Whittlesey, UK, has installed ABB low harmonic variable-speed drives (VSDs) to cut its site load from 7 to 6MW.
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