articleUsing functional safety in AC drives
Modern variable-speed drives (VSD) can readily incorporate safety functions, ensuring that machines and applications are always operated safely, as ABB explains
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productRapid growth of Safety Execution Centers
ABB’s global network of Safety Execution Centers (SEC) has grown significantly over the past four years, expanding from 10 to 30 centers located within every region and supporting high hazard industrial sectors.
productRapid growth of Safety Execution Centers
ABB’s global network of Safety Execution Centers (SEC) has grown significantly over the past four years, expanding from 10 to 30 centers located within every region and supporting high hazard industrial sectors.
productE-learning course
ABB’s Safety Lead Competency Centre (SLCC) and Engineering Safety Consultants (ESC) have launched an e-learning technical training course called Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA) incorporating FMECA and FMEDA in the context of IEC 61508.
producte-learning course aids compliance
ABB’s Safety Lead Competency Centre (SLCC) and Engineering Safety Consultants (ESC) have launched an e-learning technical training course – Failure Mode
& Effects Analysis (FMEA) incorporating FMECA and FMEDA in the context of IEC 61508.
productAdvice from ABB experts helps reduce the complexities of pressure transmitter selection
Find out how to select the right pressure transmitter for your application with ABB’s latest ‘How To’ guide. Titled ‘How to select the right pressure transmitter for your application’, the seven page guide covers the key factors to consider when choosing pressure transmitters and ancillary equipment.
productVSDs help hospital cut costs
ABB authorised value provider, Inverter Drive Systems (IDS), has installed variable-speed drives (VSDs) to a number of air handling units (AHUs) in the maternity and pathology departments of Bedford Hospital, saving the hospital about £15,000 a year on air handling costs.
productNew head of motors & generators
Dave Hawley has been appointed as ABB’s Local Business Unit Manager for Motors and Generators in the UK.
productCompact, powerful gearboxes
New from ABB is a range of compact, yet powerful gearboxes called Quantis. The gearboxes feature three industry-leading gear motors and reducer solutions: in-line helical (ILH), motorised shaft mount (MSM) and right angle helical-bevel (RHB).
productShielded motor helps prevent overheating
An excessive temperature rise within a new £55 million wind tunnel has been avoided by encasing an ABB motor within a special shield. The wind tunnel built by Mercedes AMG Petronas is at Coventry University’s engineering and computing facility.
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