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News
06/04/2013
Vehicle parts maker saves £24,000 a year on energy costs with ABB drives
A manufacturer of plastic automotive fuel tanks is saving £24,000 a year on its energy bill following the installation of ABB variable-speed drives.
TI Automotive of Flint in North Wales makes 180,000 high density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic fuel tanks a year for global automakers. As part of a group wide initiative to cut energy bills, TI Automotive asked ABB Drives Alliance member Central Group to investigate its applications and recommend where energy use could be reduced.
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05/04/2013
With the drive's remote monitoring options users have access to its process and diagnostic information without timely and costly site visits.
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05/04/2013
Over time pump impellers used in wastewater applications can become clogged or ragged, lowering pump efficiency. This can cause the pump to jam completely.
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05/04/2013
Protect pipelines from pressure build up with ABB drives' soft pipe filling. When starting a pump system, pressure surges can seriously damage the pipeline and pumps. ABB drives' soft pipe filling allows a pipeline to fill smoothly.
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Knowledge Bank
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05/04/2013
With their ability to match motor speed to the needs of the process, low voltage AC drives are playing a vital role in cutting costs and emissions.
Yet what of the motors themselves? Surely nothing more can be squeezed from such a basic piece of electrical apparatus that is based on some ...
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05/04/2013
The food and beverage industry could be considered an ideal match for variable-speed drives (VSDs).
With their need to produce identical, high quality products in large quantities, safely and while minimising the cost of energy intensive processes, food manufacturing plants can find ...
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05/04/2013
Effective control of harmonics will often require a filter much larger than initially thought necessary.
Harmonic distortion affects the shape of the sine wave of the network voltage. This shape is influenced by the background distortion as well as the distortion from the connected ...
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