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Variable Speed Drives

What are the Common faults on the ACS580 and how do I fix them?

As a highly popular drive, the ABB ACS580 can be found in many industrial settings, but what are its most

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Variable Speed Drives

What Application is an ABB ACS580 Suitable for?

What Application is an ABB ACS580 Suitable for? The ABB ACS580 is a variable speed drive designed for a wide

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Harmonics

What do I need to Know About ‘Low Harmonic Drives’?

The Truth You NEED to Know About ‘Low Harmonic Drives’ What are Harmonics and Harmonic Distortion? In electrical networks, harmonics

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Variable Speed Drives

What are the Common Faults with an ABB ACH580 and How can I Fix them?

The ABB ACH580 series is widely used for its reliability and efficiency.  However, like any complex electronic system, these drives

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Hires

What is a Flow Meter and how would I use one?

A flow meter (or flowmeter) is an instrument used to measure linear, nonlinear, volumetric, or mass flow rate of a

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Energy Efficiency

How do I Reduce the Total Cost of Ownership of a Motor?

The total cost of ownership of a motor doesn’t just indicate the cost of buying the motor from new or

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Maintenance

What can I do to Minimise Motor Failure?

51% of Motor Failures are bearing related A Huge 51% of Motor Failures are bearing related, with the top three

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Energy Efficiency

What Are The Key Facts Every Engineer Should Know About Energy Saving?

Energy Saving is a huge topic in the industry, and for good reason! Increases in energy costs for the UK

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Energy Efficiency

What is the return-on-investment on installing a VSD?

Is the return-on-investment fact, not fiction? When working out a payback period for a new application with energy savings don’t

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Energy Efficiency

Which Drive Manufacturer has the Best Drive for Energy Saving?

We often get asked by our customers, ‘Which manufacturer has the best drive for saving energy?’  We’ve heard of many

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Energy Efficiency

Does replacing an existing motor for new a higher efficiency unit save energy?

Does replacing an existing motor for new a higher efficiency unit save energy? Yes, but they offer a very long

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Energy Efficiency

How do I know that my existing Drives are set up to maximise the energy savings that can be achieved?

This is an area constantly overlooked!  Considerable energy savings can be achieved without ANY investment in hardware. The secret is

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Energy Efficiency

Should I put Variable Speed Drives on every Application to save energy?

Despite what salespeople might tell you, the answer is No. You will not save energy by simply putting the variable

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Energy Efficiency

Can I save energy by installing Medium Voltage (MV) Drives?

MV applications can deliver huge energy, just the same as low voltage. These are often overlooked due to the initial

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