Since the late 1970s, many control models with different names have been developed for AC motors. Examples at SEW-Eurodrive include V/f control, VFC, CFC and servo control. To bring clarity to the many ...
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Advanced drive solutions dramatically improve productivity and energy consumption efficiencies in the sugar industry, and SEW-Eurodrive tailors its motor and gearing offerings to best suit sugar producers. ...
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Electric motors are estimated to consume up to 40% of global electricity supply. With increasingly stringent environmental legislation and unreliable energy supply, the International Electrotechnical ...
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A flexible and entirely maintenance-free range of electric cylinders has been introduced to the African market by drive specialist SEW-Eurodrive, following overwhelming success of the product in the European ...
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With increasingly stringent environmental legislation and unreliable energy supply, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has established regulations set out in its IEC 60034-30:2008 standard.
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The 2015 Pneudrive Challenge mechatronics competition is well advanced. Technews editors, Kim Roberts and Steven Meyer spent a fascinating afternoon with the top three groups from Wits Mechanical Engineering Department, together with their lecturer, Professor Joao Nobre, to find out what’s involved from a student’s point of view.
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SEW-Eurodrive South Africa has successfully installed its first ever girth gear to a rotary kiln at the R1,8 million Mamba Cement plant currently under construction in Limpopo.
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The very successful PneuDrive Challenge, a mechatronics design competition for engineering students throughout South Africa, has come to a close for 2015 with Stellenbosch once again walking away with ...
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Only one of the gearboxes could be repaired, and this prompted SEW-Eurodrive to offer one of its latest M2 MGU series solutions to replace the defunct unit. Powered by a 250 kW motor, the new unit includes ...
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After 12 years of service, SEW-Eurodrive South Africa MD, Ute Schoeman has stepped down to open up her own business as a business and marketing consultant in the industrial sector. Schoeman, who made ...
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SEW-Eurodrive’s compact and highly productive mechatronic drive system is the ideal solution.
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Energy management specialist, Schneider Electric, is the sole sponsor of the prestigious Paris Marathon. The company believes that just as runners consider their own efficiency and energy consumption, ...
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