Electrical switching & drive systems & components


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AC drives from 250 W to 3 MW
Third Quarter 2005
Vacon are world-renowned specialists in the field of AC drives in a variety of shapes and forms in the power range from 0,25 kW to 3 MW

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Certification of Ex motors with variable speed drives
Second Quarter 2005
This article focuses on the risk associated with an excessive temperature

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Constant 200 W from 40 mm motor
Second Quarter 2005
maxon set its sights high when developing the new 30 mm diameter power motor, focusing clearly on customer orientation. At 200 W output power, the EC-powermax is one of the best drives available today ...

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Advanced steel inspection line
Second Quarter 2005
To meet the high quality standards of South Africa's successful automotive industry, which manufactures vehicles for local use and export, Ispat Iscor has invested R20 million in a new high-tech, high-speed ...

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Lifting 16 tonne boats above water for easy boarding
First Quarter 2005, Nidec Control Techniques
The 4-axis Unidrive system, including both hardware and software, was designed and built by Control Techniques' systems engineering division

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Multiposition airless cylinders
First Quarter 2005
Motion and fluid control specialist Norgren, represented in South Africa by sole local agent Ernest Lowe, has extended its range of actuator solutions with a new, multipurpose airless cylinder. The new ...

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'Dirty duty' motors for severe processing environments
First Quarter 2005
Baldor is offering a new grade of electric motors for 'dirty duty' applications. They feature a range of special protection measures that will withstand the most severe and corrosive applications in the ...

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Integrated stepper motor and drive
First Quarter 2005
Baldor is offering a range of micro-stepping motors with onboard drive electronics. Their compactness makes them particularly suitable wherever space saving or simplicity of installation is important ...

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Electronic nameplate saves on data entry at commissioning
First Quarter 2005, SEW-EURODRIVE
Drive electronics must be matched exactly to the connected motor to ensure optimum operation of the drive system. In the case of SEW Eurodrive systems, all motor data is entered into the project planning ...

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Flexible drive inverter family
Fourth Quarter 2004, SEW-EURODRIVE
Movidrive is an application inverter that offers a solution for asynchronous and synchronous motors from simple motors to dynamic servomotors (small power ranges included)

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Gearing up for precision welding of steel giants
Fourth Quarter 2004
The key element in the class-leading versatility of the Series M, F and K ranges of inline, right angle and shaft mount geared motor units is the unique David Brown motor connection which offers the option of fitting any standard electric motor

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New servomotor series
Fourth Quarter 2004, SEW-EURODRIVE, Information Security, IoT & Automation
Concentrating the high dynamic properties into a small space, the new CMP servomotors from SEW-Eurodrive are particularly suited to installations with limited axial and radial space. Becoming available ...

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Cables for drive systems
Fourth Quarter 2004, LAPP Southern Africa
A drive system without suitable cabling is not much good. The Olflex Servo range of cables are made up from high quality products and were designed in conjunction with OEMs - who set the design standards. ...

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Convenient Cartesian motion system
Fourth Quarter 2004, Tectra Automation
Take a simple standardised linear motion system, combine it with a motor, controls, connection elements, cables, and a dose of its experience and the result is a factory built, pre-configured 3-axis motion ...

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Steel mill hooked on drives supplier
Fourth Quarter 2004
Trident Steel in Alrode, Gauteng, has long been a committed customer of Danfoss, and once again that company was able to come to the rescue at a moment's notice when one of its competitor's DC motors ...

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Flagship electrical drive delivers high speeds
Fourth Quarter 2004, Festo
In a clear statement that pneumatics technology is not the only field in which it excels, Festo has released an electrical drive that allows positioning axes cycle times of 10 ms and working strokes exceeding ...

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High-power AC motor range extended to 1,1 MW
Fourth Quarter 2004, BirCraft Geared Motors-Linear Actuators-Controls
Baldor now offers IEC frame versions rated up to 1,1 MW. These motors, designed to meet the demanding specifications of process industry users, are available in low and medium voltages. The range of ...

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Motor solutions catalogue
Third Quarter 2004, BirCraft Geared Motors-Linear Actuators-Controls
Baldor's stock product catalogue (released in March this year) details thousands of UL- and CSA-approved NEMA frame motors in all industrial duty categories including severe, washdown, premium efficiency ...

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Multiposition airless cylinders
Third Quarter 2004, Asset Management
Motion and fluid control specialist Norgren, represented in South Africa by sole local agents Ernest Lowe, has extended its range of actuator solutions with a new, multipurpose airless cylinder. The new ...

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Servo-like control from AC motors
Third Quarter 2004
LG Industrial Systems SA is offering its iV5 closed loop vector inverter. This unit gives a standard squirrel cage motor servo-like control, making it an economical choice for larger servo systems. The ...

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