Drives of the future - naturally Second quarter 2006, Festo South Africa Festo's performance at the Hannover Fair underscores its ability to capitalise on refined designs found in nature and combining them with its significant pneumatic capabilities in order to provide customers with leading edge technology solutions for most any application
New HVAC VSD launched Second quarter 2006 LS Industrial Systems is offering its iP5A series of HVAC variable speed drives. The range is specifically designed to cater for building airconditioning systems and centrifugal pump installations, incorporating ...
Aesthetically pleasing distribution boards Second quarter 2006, Legrand Southern Africa Legrand's comprehensive range of modular electrical equipment and wiring accessories, includes flush mounting distribution cabinets, designed for optimum efficiency, enhanced safety and easy installation ...
Drive control without encoder feedback Second quarter 2006 KEB's latest offering in this series is the Version SCL (sensorless closed loop) option, which is available across the power range, 0,75 to 630 kW. Working on the principle of real field orientation without ...
Energy efficient conveyor drive units Second quarter 2006 Nord's two stage helical bevel units, distributed exclusively throughout southern Africa by Bearing Man's electric and geared motors division, Power Drives, have recently been installed at major airports ...
Aseptic range of motors Second quarter 2006, SEW-EURODRIVE SEW Eurodrive, suppliers of geared, servo and electric motors, speed reducers, variable speed drives and servo controllers, recently launched a new range of Aseptic motors specifically for the food and ...
Customised heavy-duty drive solutions Second quarter 2006, AI & Data Analytics Sprint Electric's PLX range provides powerful, flexible and easy-to-program digital DC drives appropriate for demanding motion control tasks. This is according to Mike Cronin, managing director of Elquip ...
New iP5A HVAC inverter Second quarter 2006 LS Industrial Systems recently launched its new iP5A inverter, which is specifically intended for HVAC applications. Besides the usual square law torque curve for centrifugal fans and pumps, the series, ...
Cut-to-length drive solution First Quarter 2006 Pre-programmed controls and operator control units, as well as intelligent drives with a wide range of rotary and linear motors ensure maximum productivity and product quality
AC drives increase energy savings and reliability First Quarter 2006 Whenever health, safety and environmental issues are important, the quality and reliability of machines and processes becomes vital. In most cases that quality and reliability will, in turn, be dependant ...
Drives at work at cricket's hallowed ground First Quarter 2006 Home of the Marylebone Cricket Club (the MCC), Lord's cricket ground in London is considered by many enthusiasts to be the centre of the cricketing world. Named after Thomas Lord, owner of the first MCC ...
Drives cable for drives applications First Quarter 2006, LAPP Southern Africa Lapp Cable, leaders in specialised cable manufacturing have an extensive range of drives, servo, encoder and all other style cables for motion control. Designed and manufactured to suit both OEM equipment ...
Compact four-quadrant drives First Quarter 2006 Sprint Electric's 340XRi, 680XRi and 1220XRi DC drives offer a suitable solution to many four quadrant regenerative drive applications. "Sprint Electric's Regen drives offer a quick and easy solution ...
Sucking mud in the Nile river Fourth Quarter 2005 The task was to remove a 600 kW Vacon variable speed drive on a dredger that had failed after becoming very wet - and then to fit a replacement drive
IGBT DC locomotive drives Third Quarter 2005 Aztec Electronics is offering its new IGBT loco controller. This controller represents the state-of-the-art with regard to DC loco control and serves to replace the older MOSFET controllers. Aztec's IGBT ...
Smallest high power drive in its class Third Quarter 2005 High efficiency components and innovative designs make Danfoss VLT high power drives compact as well as easy to commission and operate. These high power drives are designed for side-by-side mounting in ...
New range of electrical motion solutions Third Quarter 2005, Tectra Automation Tectra Automation is offering a new motion product package, IndraMotion, which is manufactured by the Rexroth Bosch Group and incorporates several new components, like the updated Indradyn motor range, ...
Economical brushless DC motor drive Third Quarter 2005, DNH Technologies Maxon Motor's new DC 70/10 speed controller was specifically developed for the upper performance range where it can control electronically commutated DC motors of up to 700 W. The 4-quadrant controller ...
Award-winning drive Third Quarter 2005 At an award ceremony in Opernhaus, Hanover, Germany, in September last year (2004), Danfoss Drives was presented the iF design award for 2004. The award was for the local control panel of the VLTAutomationDrive ...
New drive launched Third Quarter 2005 A new member of the family in the latest Danfoss Drives generation series VLT AutomationDrive FC 300 is now on offer.
The new addition, the FC 301, along with the FC 302, is intended to cover all performance ...