Fox’s 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.

The greater torque of the ABB
motor also leads to higher reliability
of the mixer. Previously, if the
company was trying a dough that
was harder than usual, the old slipring
motors would not have the
torque to turn the mixing paddles
and the motor
would trip out.

Using the new
motor means
that the
maintenance
engineers need
to spend less
time on them
and the
production department has a lot
more confidence that the mixer will
perform correctly as required and
less production time will be lost.