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Vary the speed of your motor
4th Quarter 2010
Make energy saving your business with Yaskawa drives. In recent years the efficient use of energy has become recognised as an important and cost-effective way of meeting the need for future sustainable ...

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New gears and drives
4th Quarter 2010, Stone Stamcor
Gear units The full range of Hydromec gear units is now available from Stone-Stamcor Drives Division. Manufactured in Italy, the Hydromec range comprises worm, helical, helical-bevel and parallel shaft ...

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BMG’s diffuser drive sweetener
16 September 2010, Bearing Man Group T/A BMG
BMG recently completed a full gearing reconditioning on a 20 ton diffuser drive used in the sugar industry

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Electra Mining Africa 2010
15 September 2010
Local and international companies are gearing up for a top ranking show

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Present state and a futuristic vision of motor drive technology
15 September 2010
The development of more efficient, more powerful electric motor drives to power the demands of future generations is important for achieving energy savings, and improving productivity

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Hansen’s ultimate drive package
15 September 2010
Hansen Transmissions has been supplying large industrial drive packages to Southern African industries for more than four decades

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CMG leads electric motors
15 September 2010
CMG Electric Motors South Africa is a specialist designer, manufacturer and supplier of electric motors, drives and transmissions systems.

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Start and stop safely
3rd Quarter 2010, Schneider Electric South Africa
Bypass the stress with Altistart 22 soft starter

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Siemens electromobility
3rd Quarter 2010, Siemens South Africa
At a recent press conference held by Siemens to mark 150 years in South Africa and launch its new investment plans, the company showcased its new electric Porsche. Delegates had the opportunity to drive ...

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Start and stop safely
3rd Quarter 2010
According to Rynhard Davids, product manager VSD, the soft start/soft stop unit uses both voltage and torque for three-phase squirrel cage asynchronous motors between four and 400 kW. “With this unit, ...

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Re-inventing the wheel
3rd Quarter 2010, SAI Motors South Africa
Variable displacement = flexibility + control. The variable displacement technology built into the TSW8 series of radial piston motors from SAI provides flexibility in terms of speed and power regulation, ...

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New servo drives
3rd Quarter 2010, Vepac Electronics
Vepac Electronics has introduced a brand new series of servo drives, the MINAS A5. These are even more compact than the MINAS A4 predecessor. They are perfectly suited for highly dynamic drive applications ...

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New axes inspired by arty arch
3rd Quarter 2010, Festo
Festo recently launched the EGC electric drive range that features a radically new profile design. The company claims that the new axes perform between 100% and 700% better than previous generation counterparts ...

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Columbus Stainless under control
3rd Quarter 2010, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA), Nidec Industrial Automation Southern Africa
Control Techniques was recently awarded a contract by Columbus Stainless. This was to supply the controls for the new bridle and transport drives at the entry section of one of the anneal and pickling ...

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Keep it compact
3rd Quarter 2010, Tectra Automation
Tectra Automation has introduced Bosch Rexroth’s new harmonised IndraMotion MTX control platform to the South African market. This innovative controller reduces the time required to design and build ...

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Compact drive for machine makers
3rd Quarter 2010
CHI Control’s new Vacon 10 machinery is a compact AC drive for machine makers in the power range from 0,25 kW to 5,5 kW. It offers ultimate flexibility in integrating customer requirements into the AC ...

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A sweet solution
3rd Quarter 2010, EP Normand
Sweet Crystals Integrated Sugar Mill (SCISM) in the Philippines tried to improve the productivity of its centrifuges by shortening the cycle time but this resulted in a number of problems. Firstly, ...

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Raising the standard for DC drives
2nd Quarter 2010, PI SA (PROFIBUS & PROFINET SA), Nidec Industrial Automation Southern Africa
Mentor MP uses Control Technique’s suite of well-tried and tested software tools, developed to support the programming and drive configuration of its AC drive ranges

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Conveyor system supplied to explosives plant
2nd Quarter 2010, Tectra Automation
Vertex was contracted to design, supply, construct and install two complete conveyor systems, including the scada system

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Purchasing decisions increasingly influenced by energy efficiency
2nd Quarter 2010, SEW-EURODRIVE
“Undoubtedly, investment costs for electrical drives are minor when compared to the overall investment in a system or plant,” contends Mrs Ute Bormann, GM sales and marketing, SEW-Eurodrive. “But the ...

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